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

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
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.

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,