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Title: Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture

Author: William Saunders

Release Date: January 22, 2008 [EBook #24402]

Language: English

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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

CATALOGUE

OF

ECONOMIC PLANTS

IN THE COLLECTION OF THE

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

BY WILLIAM SAUNDERS.

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE.

WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
1891.

Transcriber's Note

Variant and obsolete spellings remain as printed. Minor
typographical errors have been corrected without note, whilst more
significant amendments have been listed at the end of the text. The
oe ligature is shown as [oe].

CATALOGUE OF ECONOMIC PLANTS IN THE COLLECTION OF THE U. S. DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE.

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
_Washington, D. C., June 5, 1891._

SIR: I have duly prepared by your direction a descriptive list of the
more important economic plants at present contained in the collection of
the Department, in such a form as will, in my opinion, most
satisfactorily meet the wants of the numerous visitors and others
interested in the work performed by the Department in this direction,
and I beg to submit the same herewith for publication.

WILLIAM SAUNDERS,
_Superintendent of Gardens and Grounds._
Hon. J. M. RUSK,
_Secretary o