Excerpt from Torreya, 1926, Vol. 26: A Bi-Monthly Journal of Botanical Notes and News; January February, 1926 The task Of collating them is a tremendous one which the present writer can not undertake because he is engaged on a similar compilation Of the names Of American birds. He enjoys contributing to the subject, however, and hopes his contributions will interest others, among them, possibly one or more who will compile a real dictionary of these terms. The present contribution consists Of a small collection of names not found in current glossaries, and a short bibliography restricted to publications, dealing specifically with American plant names. 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.