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-\documentclass[10pt,letterpaper,twoside,openany,titlepage]{article}
+\documentclass[9pt,letterpaper,twoside,openany,titlepage]{memoir}
+\usepackage{extsizes}
 
 \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
 
 \usepackage{makeidx}
 \usepackage{graphicx}
-%\usepackage{lmodern}
 \usepackage{fourier}
+\usepackage{microtype}
+\usepackage{ninecolors}
+\usepackage{nicefrac}
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%% Page setup %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 
 \usepackage[
-	left=2cm,right=2cm,top=2cm,bottom=2cm
+	left=2cm,
+	right=2cm,
+	top=2cm,
+	bottom=12cm
 ]{geometry}
+\raggedbottom
+\setlength{\parindent}{8pt}
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%% Columns %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 
 \usepackage{multicol}
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+\setlength{\columnsep}{7mm}
+\setlength\multicolsep{0mm}
+\setlength{\columnseprule}{1pt}
+\def\columnseprulecolor{\color{gray8}}
 
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 %% Macros for uniform typesetting %%%
 
-% Genus
+\newcommand\genus[1]{\vspace{\baselineskip}\noindent{}\textsc{\textbf{{\LARGE #1}}}\par}
-\newcommand\genus[1]{\vspace{2mm}\noindent{}\textsc{\textbf{{\Large #1}}}\\}
+\newcommand\family[2]{\textsc{#1}{. #2}}
-\newcommand\species[1]{\textbf{—#1}\\}
+\newcommand\species[1]{\noindent{}\textbf{—#1}\par}
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+\newcommand\common[1]{\MakeUppercase{#1}}
+\newcommand\initial[1]{\begin{center}\begin{Huge}—\textdurm{#1}—\end{Huge}\end{center}}
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%% Document information %%%%%%%%%%%%%
 
 \title{On the Uses of Plants}
 \author{Kenneth John Odle}
-\abstractname{Abstract}
-
 
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%% Experimental %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\usepackage{duerer}  % Font for initials
+\usepackage{scholax} % Font 'ScholaX'
 
 \begin{document}
 
 \maketitle
 
+\begin{abstract}
+This is the abstract.
+\end{abstract}
+
+\begin{multicols*}{3}
+
 Introductory text
 
-\begin{multicols}{2}
+\initial{A}
+
+\genus{Abutilon}
+\family{Malvaceae}{Attractive tender shrubs grown for their beautiful flowers and handsome foliage. Good in the greenhouse or outdoors in California and the South. Best in loose, well-drained soil. Treat like geraniums or fuchsias, as they make good pot plants.}
+
+\species{Hybridum}``\common{flowering maple}''. Nodding, bell-shaped 2-3'' flowers in pastel shades of orange, red, white, and pink. Arching shrub to 10 feet, with broad maple-like leaves. Main blooming period is in the spring, but some colors are almost everblooming. Makes a nice tub plant in the North, and can be pinched to keep compact. Easy to grow from seed; germinates in one or two weeks.
+
+\species{vitifolium} Large blue and white mallow-like 2-3\nicefrac{1}{2} inch flowers. Half-hardy shrub or small tree to 1\nicefrac{1}{2} to 3 feet in cultivation; to 25 feet in the wild. Lobed 6'' leaves. Native to coastal Chile. Said to be hardy to zone 7. Good in the cool greenhouse.
 
 \genus{Acacia}
-\family{Fabaceae}{Some 1,200 warm-region species of great ecological and evolutionary interest.}
+\family{Fabaceae}{Some 1,200 warm-region species of great ecological and evolutionary interest.\par{}Their earliest fossils are in North American, from where they expanded worldwide, with an Australian center of diversity.}
-\species{complanata}
+
+\species{Baileyana}``\common{cootamundra wattle}'', ``\common{golden mimosa}''. Spectacular masses of fragrant golden flowers in January and February, almost covering the tree. Feathery blue-grey bipinnate foliage on a small compact tree with arching growth, to 30 feet tall. One of the hardiest, and tolerates most any soil and full sun to part shade. Native to only a few stands in New South Wales, and would be endangered if not in cultivation.
+
+\species{complanata}``\common{silver wattle}''. Profuse bloomer forming a mass of bright yellow fragrant flowers in late winter. Elegant silvery green feathery foliage. Fast growing adaptable tree to 50-100 feet. SE Australia. One of the hardiest, standing considerable snow and low temperatures. Grown for perfumery, fuelwood, tannin, gum production, and florist material.
 
 \genus{Amsonia}
 \family{Apocynaceae}{Hardy perennials valued in the border or among shrubbery for their blue star-like flowers.}
-\species{hubrichtii}
+\species{hubrichtii}Starry blue flowers in clusters on a hardy perennial to 3-5 feet, with narrow needle-like leaves that turn bright yellow-orange in fall. Ozarks. Zone 5.
 
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-\end{multicols}
+\end{multicols*}
 
 
 \end{document}