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these, while quite unknown to the general public, could 

 probably be developed, through selection and breeding, into 

 products of equal value with some of those now generally 

 cultivated. 



Group B — cases 87 and 88 — includes such plant-stems 

 as asparagus, pokeroot, and milkweed, such leaf-stems as 

 pie-plant, celery and cardon, such buds as cabbage and 

 brussels sprouts, leaves like spinach, Swiss chard, beet tops, 

 and lamb's-quarters, and varieties of cauliflower. 



Group C — cases 89 to 105 — shows collections of fleshy 

 fruits, including not only those commonly understood by 

 this term, such as apples, grapes, and the berries, but those 

 which, like string beans, are eaten as vegetables, but in 

 their fresh state. It also includes seeds eaten in the fresh 

 green state, like green peas and lima beans. It therefore 

 comprises not only those sweet products which are com- 

 monly called fruits by the public, but also those which, 

 like tomatoes, pepper, and okra, are eaten as table vege- 

 tables. This collection, in its entirety, is very large. 

 Here will be found not only all the cultivated fruits of 

 temperate regions, in many varieties, as well as those of 

 tropical production, but also such wild edible fruits and 

 berries as our collectors have accumulated from our own 

 and many foreign countries. Aside from its economic 

 interest, this group affords first-class material for the special 

 studies of the morphologist and taxonomist. 



Group D — cases 106 to no — like its predecessor, con- 

 tains a large number of articles in use in other countries, 

 which are quite unknown to most persons in the United 

 States. Prominent among such articles are some of the 

 nuts and many varieties of beans grown in tropical coun- 

 tries, especially in Chile and the Philippine Islands. Of 

 great interest also is quinoa, the seed of a species of lamb's- 

 quarters of the Andes, constituting the principal food of 

 the poorer classes in Chile, Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador. 



Group E — cases 111-114 — comprising the cereal grains, 

 is also very large, representing those of all countries, and 



