Excerpt from Science, Vol. 38: July-December, 1913 Bessey, C. E., Flora United States and Canada, N. L. Britton and A. Brown, 129 Herbals, A. Arber, 196; Botanical Notes, 234; Genus Iris. 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.