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Introductory statement 1 



Inventory 5 



Index of common and scientific names 43 



ILLl -STRATIONS 



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 Plate I. A handsome Chinese primrose. (Primula sinopurpurea Balf. f. ; 



S. P. I. No. 55899) 14 



II A drought-resistant Asiatic plum. (Pnmus sp. ; S. P. 1. No. 



55901) 14 



III. A showy alpine plant from western China. (Incarvillea grandi- 



ffora brevipes Sprague; S. P. I. No. 55934) 20 



IV. A chestnut from the mountains of southwestern China. 



{Castanea sp. ; S. P. I. No. 56080) 20 



in 



