﻿CONTENTS 



i Page. 



Introductory statement 5 



Inventory 9 



Index of common and scientific names 71 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Page. 

 Plate I. A clump of Guatemala grass at Miami. Fla. (Tripsacum laxum 



Nash., S. P. I. No. 47396) 16 



II. A dish of the acom. (Dloscorea latifolia Benth., S. P. I. 



No. 47564) 16 



III. The queen of magnolias as it grows at Darjiling, India. (Mag- 



noUa campbellii Hook. f. and Thorns., S. P. I. No. 47714) 50 



IV. A single flower of Campbell's magnolia, much reduced. {Mag- 



nolia campbellii Hook. f. and Thorns., S. P. I. No. 47714) 50 



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