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NOTE. 
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It has been thought well to attach to the foregoing, in the form of an 
appendix, a report of Mr. Clifford Richardson, formerly Assistant 
Chemist of the Department of Agriculture, on the Chemical Composi- 
tion of American Grasses, from investigations made by him in the 
laboratory of the Department of Agriculture, 1878-1882. 
The appendix also includes, for the benefit of those readers who may 
wish to familiarize themselves with them, a glossary of the botanical 
terms used in describing grasses. ‘i 
