﻿CONTENTS. 



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Introductory statement 1 



Inventory 5 



Index of common and scientific names 31 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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 Plate I. The white sapote as it grows in Costa Rica. (Casimiroa edulis 



La Llave, S. P. I. No. 46375) 12 



II. The chuck mei, an ornamental Chinese shrub for the South. 



(Loropetalum cMnense (R. Br.) Oliver, S. P. I. No. 46424) 12 



III. The downy hush cherry of North China. (Primus tomentosa 



Thunb., S. P. I. No. 46534) 1__ 24 



IV. Fruiting branches of the downy bush cherry. (Primus tomen- 



tosa Thunb., S. P. I. No. 46534) 24 



V. An old tree of the yang mei in Shanghai. (Myriea rubra Sieb. 



and Zucc, S. P. I. No. 46571) 28 



VI. Fruits, seeds, and leaves of an improved variety of the yang 



mei. (Myriea rubra Sieb. and Zucc, S. P. I. No. 46571) 28 



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