PLAN OF THE CATALOGUE. 
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Oklahoma below 2,000 feet elevation; Indian Territory; and Arkansas 
north of latitude 35°, also south of it wherever the elevation exceeds 
500 feet. The Allegheny and the Ozark mountains and the valleys of 
the Ohio, the Tennessee, and the Cumberland, and portions of the 
Wabash, the Mississippi, and the Arkansas rivers are embraced within 
this district. Portions of it are noted fruit regions, while throughout 
its vast territory the hardier deciduous fruits flourish. Many of the 
varieties recommended succeed best in certain localities within the dis- 
trict. An exception to the general character of the district occurs in 
those portions of Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, and southeastern 
Missouri lying near the Mississippi River, where varieties adapted to 
culture in districts 5 and 7 generally succeed. 
District No. 5 . — Eastern North Carolina, South Carolina, and Geor- 
gia below 500 feet elevation ; and Florida north of latitude 30° east of 
the Chattahoochee River and above 100 feet elevation. This district 
embraces the southern Atlantic seaboard, with its many frith-like 
indentations and valleys. The climate is generally mild, and within 
its borders many of the more tender deciduous fruits flourish. 
District No. 6 . — Florida south of latitude 30°, and the remaining 
portions of the State with elevations below 100 feet, and those portions 
of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas lying below 
the 100-foot contour line as it skirts the coast from Florida to the Rio 
Grande. This is the Southern Peninsula and the Gulf Coast district. 
The successful culture of citrous and other subtropical fruits and nuts 
is restricted to the peninsula portion of Florida and to the delta of the 
Mississippi. Tropical species are only recommended for that portion 
of Florida lying south of latitude 27°, and are indicated by the letter s 
in connection with the starring. 
District No. 7 . — Florida west of the Chattahoochee River and above 
100 feet elevation, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas 
above 100 and below 500 feet elevation ; and Texas south of Red River 
and above 100 and below 1,000 feet elevation. This may be denomi- 
nated the Valley district. It embraces portions of the Chattahoochee, 
Alabama, Pearl, Mississippi, Arkansas, Red, Sabine, Colorado, and 
Rio Grande valleys. The climate in the eastern and larger portion is 
warm and moist, in the extreme west more dry and tending toward 
aridity. A wide range of the more tender varieties and species is 
adapted to culture in the district. 
District No. 8 . — Illinois north of the 500-foot contour line as it crosses 
the State between 38° and 39° latitude; a small portion of southwest 
Wisconsin; Iowa south of about latitude 42° 30' ; the Missouri River 
Valley portion of southeastern South Dakota; Nebraska and Kansas 
below 2,000 feet elevation; and Missouri north of a line drawn from 
near St. Louis and along the elevation of 1,000 feet to the southeast 
corner of Kansas. The Missouri and Mississippi valley sections of 
the district are its dominant features. The hardy deciduous fruits 
