BOTANICAL INDEX, 
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MOUND BUILDERS’ FOOD. 
During the summer of 1876, the G. R. & I. R. R. opened a gravel hank on Joseph 
Ratliff’s farm, one and one-half miles north-west of Richmond, Indiana, and in the 
course of their excavations the workmen opened what was evidently an old burying 
ground of undoubted Mound Builders’ origin. The bones crumbled to atoms upon 
exposure, but with them was found a crushed jar made of the peculiar composition 
known to archaeologists as “Indian pottery,” of the oldest American type, and with 
it a quantity of something that by competent judges has been pronounced charred 
T>idiaii coni. This is the first time Indian corn has been found in as old a grave in 
America, at least to our knowledge, but Prof. M. C. Rued, of Hudson, O., informs 
me that in an old Indian jar from Missouri, he found what he pronounces without 
hesitation to be grapes. 
PEICE-LIST OF PLAITTS. 
HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 
Achilea rubra and Tomentosa 
Aquilegia Vulgaris, double and single, white varies to purple 
Asclepias Tuberosa 
Astilbe Japonica 
• “ “ variegata 
Dielytra (Dicentra) Spectabilis, Bleeding Heart 
Eryngium Yuccafolium 
Erianthus Ravenna, Pampas Grass 
Funkia Japonica cerulea, Blue Day Lily 
“ “ alba grandiflora 
Gynerium Argenteum, Pampas Grass 
Hemeracallis Flava. Fulva and Germanica 
“ flora plena 
Iris — Bertha 
“ Star of India 
“ Prunilla 
“ Pseudo Acorus 
Pardanthus Sinensis, Blackberry Lily 
Phalaris Arundinacea Picta. Ribbon Grass 
Pcenia Fragrans, rose color 
“ Humilis, Spanish Dwarf, bright rose 
“ Whitleji, white, fragrant 
Saccharum Maddeni, a new Pampas Grass 
Sedum Carnea variegatum 
“ Glaucum . 
“ Hypnoides 
“ Japonicum 
“ Sieboldi 
“ Japonicum folias aurea variegata 
“ Monstrosum 
“ Sieboldi variegatum 
Telephium, Live-forever 
“ Ternatum 
“ Acra 
Silphiutn Laciniatum. Compass Plant 
Staticea Lanata 
Yucca Filamentosa 
HARDY TINES, CLIMBERS AND CREEPERS 
Almond, double red flowering 
“ “ white “ 
Aralia Spinosa, Hercules’ Club 
Barberry Canadensis and Vulgaris... 
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