Excerpt from Guayule (Parthenium Argentatum Gray): Rubber-Plant of the of Desert the Desert<br><br>Dr. Theo. Holm has afforded me the benefit of his criticism of the portion of this work treating of the anatomy, and has been good enough to examine inaccessible literature for me. Dr. W. E. Safford did a like service regarding a few pages in the first chapter.<br><br>T 0 Prof. W. L. Bray I am indebted for information about the Texas guayule fields, later verified by me personally and to my colleagues, Prof. C. L. Hare and Prof. J. P. C. Southall, for assistance in making chemical analyses and for mathematical formulae, respectively.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.