Contents x

7. Lesser Importations ... 86
 Sugar crops . 86
 Fruits .. 89
 Vegetables 90
 Tropical plants . 91
 Pasture and forage crops 92
 Trees .. 94

8. Plant Introduction Under Rusk and Morton 97
 Distribution of seeds and plants . . 98
 Promotion of special crops 101
 The Division of Pomology 105
 Fiber and forage crops.. 107

9. Bonanza Years .. . 109
 Problems facing agriculture . 109
 Work of plant explorers .. .. 111
 Fairchild and Lathrop. 113
 Niels Hansen . 114
 Mark Carleton 115
 Seaman Knapp 118
10. Plant Introduction of the Twentieth Century 120
 Search for new crops .. 120
 Introductions by Meyer . 122
 Significant introductions 1901-13 . .. 125
 The war years 136
 Looking to the future 139