Vol. XI. Los Angeles, July, 1912. No. 2. 



BULLETIN 



OF THE 



Southern California Academy of Sciences 



COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION: 



Holdridge Ozro Collins, LL. I>., Chairman. 

 Anstruther Davidson, CM., M.D. Arthur Burnetl Benton, P.A.I.A. 



CONTENTS: 



Editorial 53 



i de A e • : ( < 1 < ■ 1 1 1 \ M useum : 



New theories in Electricity : 



A "sport 11 in Brownea hybrida: 



Arthur Burnett Benton, P.A.I. A. 



Nature of the positive charge 56 



A new Frasera I't 



An horticultural marvel 79 



A M oha \ e desert new Aul ographa 79 



A Greal Library • 81 



Transactions <>t' llic Academy s -' 



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