Excerpt from The American Journal of Science, Vol. 33: January to June, 1887 Botany and Zoology - Bulletin of the Congress of Botany and Horticulture at St. Petersburg, 80. - Minor Botanical Notes, 82. - Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 83. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.