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Medsger, 0. P. Edible wild plants, xv, 323 p. illus., plates. 21 cm. New 

 York, 1939. 



Descriptive account of edible plants of the United States and Canada, the plants 

 grouped according to the parts used ; synoptical annotated lists of the same, 

 divided geographically. 



Meisel, Max. A bibliography of American natural history ; the pioneer cen- 

 tury, 1769^-1865. The role played by the scientific societies ; scientific journals, 

 natural history museums and botanic gardens ; State geological and natural 

 history surveys ; Federal exploring expeditions in the rise and progress of Ameri- 

 can botany, geology, mineralogy, palaeontology and zoology. 3 v. 23.5 cm. 

 New York, 1924-29. 



Vol. 1 : Annotated bibliography of publications relating to history, biography, 

 and bibliography of American [i. e. the United States] natural history from 1769 

 to 1865 ; selected list of biographies and bibliographies of principal United States 

 naturalists up to 1865. Vol. 2: History and bibliography of principal institu- 

 tions, societies, surveys, and periodicals concerned with natural history, organ- 

 ized up to 1844. Vol. 3: Same continued to 1865; annotated bibliography of 

 books, pamphlets, and miscellaneous articles on natural history, 1590^-1865, 

 chronologically arranged ; chronological table of publications of the different in- 

 stitutions ; indices of authors and institutions ; appendices. 



Millspaugh, C. F. American medicinal plants ; an illustrated and descrip- 

 tive guide to the American plants used as homoeopathic remedies ... 2 v. 

 180 col. pi. 29 cm. New York, 1884-87. (Republished as: Medicinal plants 

 . . . 1892.) 



Treats of 180 plants, native (128 species), naturalized, or cultivated, each illus- 

 trated by a colored plate showing floral details ; descriptions, history and habitat, 

 part used, preparation, chemical constituents, physiological action ; bibliographies 

 (general and by species). 



Muenscher, W. C. Poisonous plants of the United States, xvii, 266 p. 75 

 fig. 22 cm. New York, 1939. 



General considerations, lists of special groups of poisonous plants, etc. ; syste- 

 matic list of over 400 vascular plants, with description, distribution, poisonous 

 properties, symptoms, treatment, references ; bibliography. 



Pammel, L. H. A manual of poisonous plants chiefly of eastern North 

 America, with brief notes on economic and medical plants. 2 v. (viii, 977 p.). 

 458 fig., plates. 23.5 cm. Cedar Rapids, 1910-11. (Also issued as 1 vol., 1911.) 



General consideration of plant poisons ; annotated systematic list of the more 

 important poisonous plants of the United States and Canada, with bibliography ; 

 chemistry of alkaloids ; annotated systematic list of poisonous plants of the 

 United States and Canada (including bacteria and cellular cryptogams) ; tabu- 

 lar systematic catalog of poisonous plants of world, showing properties and local- 

 ity ; bibliography (by H. S. Kellogg) of 1,097 titles. 



Sargent, C. S. Manual of the trees of North America (exclusive of Mexico). 

 2d ed. xxvi, 910 p. 783 fig., map. 22 cm. Boston, New York, 1922. (1st ed. 

 1905.) — Corrections and emendations of the second edition . . . Jour. Arnold 

 Arboretum 7: 1-21. 1926. 



Descriptive flora, with keys. Includes 717 species with additional varieties; 

 figure of each species ; glossary ; map showing tree regions. 



■ The silva of North America : a description of the trees which grow 



naturally in North America exclusive of Mexico. 14 v. 740 pi. 37 cm. 

 Boston, 1891-1902. 



Systematic treatment of trees of North America north of Mexico ; full synon- 

 ymy, descriptions, range, wood, history, cultivation, with frequent biographical 

 footnotes. The beautiful plates are by C. E. Faxon. 



Saunders, C. F. Useful wild plants of the United States and Canada. 3d and 

 rev. ed. 275 p. 20.5 cm. New York, 1934. (1st ed., 1920.) 



Popular treatment, the plants classified by uses ; classified list, geographically 

 arranged. 



Sudworth, G. B. Check list of the forest trees of the United States, their 

 names and ranges. Misc. Cir. U. S. Dept. Agr. no. 92. 295 p. [1927.] 



Systematic list of native and escaped species and varieties of trees (also 

 cultivated varieties), with detailed range and vernacular names (with localities 



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