Che Botanical Gazette 
A Monthly Fournal Embracing all Departments of Botanical Science 
ted by Joun M, COULTER, with the assistance of other members of the botanical staff of the 
University of Chicago. 
Issued October 15, 1910 
tL. CONTENTS FOR OCTOBER 1910 No. 4 
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THE TEACHING BOTANIST. TROPICAL AGRICULTURE. . THE GEOGRAPHY OF FERNS. 
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