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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOKTED. 



charge of the publications of the Ofl&ce of Foreign Seed and Plant 

 Introduction. H. C. Skeels has provided notes of geographical 



distribution and, together with Mr. Stuntz, is responsible for the 

 orthography of the inventory, since, working under the direction 

 of the Committee on Scientific Orthography of the Bureau, they 

 settle so far as possible questions of nomenclature, following in 

 general the classification of the most recent reputable monographers. 



David Fairchild, 

 Agricultural Explorer in Charge. 



Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction. 



Washington, D. August 17, 1915. 



