l/l, S, Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry, 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 Washington, D. C. 



Proof Sheets of Descriptive Labels 

 which will he attached to Foreign Plant Introductions 

 distributed during 1913-1914. 



The following pages are made up from the electrotypes used 

 in the preparation of the labels distributed with all plants 

 from the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction. 



The information on the labels consists of the Plant Intro- 

 duction (S.P.I.) number, under which the plants are known at 

 all times, of the scientific name and a common name, when one 

 has been adopted for this country, and a brief description of 

 the plant with its uses and where possible at this time a sug- 

 gestion of the general region to which the plant is likely to 

 be adapted. The labels are made of celluloid., covered on both 

 sides with fine linen, and. if kept from contact with the soil 

 they will remain in good condition for several years. If buried, 

 in the soil they become brittle and illegible. 



In' some instances but few plants of the number given on 

 the label may be available for distribution, but in such cases 

 plants of the same species and. variety under another introduc- 

 tion number may be substituted. 



On a single sheet at the end of this distribution cata- 

 logue will be found a complete "list of all plants listed, here- 

 in, together with indications as to the portion of the country 

 the plants are suited for. All plants not followed by H or T 

 are to be considered hardy throughout the United States, H 

 stand.s for half hard.y plants, hardy as far north as Washington, 

 D. C, and the Ohio River, T for tender plants which stand, 

 little or no frost. The letter S stands for seeds. 



Requests for material for trial should be made by checking 

 the names of the plants desired in this single sheet list at 

 the end, signing the name and address in full, and returning the 

 sheet to this Office. If the applicant is not already on our 

 list of correspondents , full information should be supplied as 

 to the amount of land at his disposal, whether owned or leased., 

 and his experience in caring for and experimenting with plants. 



