CONTENTS. 



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Introductory statement 1 



Inventory 7 



Index of common and scientific names 91 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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Plate I. A new and brilliant Hawaiian liibiscus. (HiMscus hracken- 



ridgei A. Gray, S. P. I. No. 50693) 14 



II. A Hawaiian hibiscus that should be widely cultivated. {Hibis- 

 cus hrackenridgei A. Gray, S. P. I. No. 50693) 14 



III. Preparing cassava roots in Tanganyika Territory. (Manihot 



esculenta Crantz, S. P. I. No. 50837) 30 



IV. Types of eggplants from the Belgian Kongo. ( Solatium melon- 



gena L., S. P. I. Nos. 50915 to 50918) 30 



V. A wild avocado tree in Costa Rica. {Per sea sp., probably 



P. americana Mill., S. P. I. No. 51031) 44 



VI. The aguaetite de anis, or wild avocado of Costa Rica. (Persea 



sp., probably P. americana Mill, S. P. I. No. 51031) 44 



VII. The Bennett soursop, a choice variety from Costa Rica. {An- 



nona muricata L., S. P. I. No. 51050) 48 



VIII. A seedless form of the pejibaye, or peach palm, of Costa Rica. 



{Quilielma utilis Oerst, S. P. I. No. 51092) 48 



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