Vol. II. No. 17. 



October 19, 1912. 



JOURNAL 



OF THE 



WASHINGTON ACADEMY 



OF SCIENCES 



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 George K. Burgess Frederick Leslie Ransom e Carl S. Scofield 



BUREAU OF STANDARDS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BUREAU OF PLANT INDU8TRT 



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