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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



A New Fossil Fig and Its Significance. 



BY EDWIN W. HUMPHREYS, NEW 

 ROCHEEEE, N. Y. 



Some time ago, the writer drew the at- 

 tention of the readers of The Guide to 

 KaturE to some interesting fossil figs 

 from the Tertiary deposits of Wyom- 



Tliis new fig was found more than a 

 year ago by Dr. S. J. Schofield of the 

 Canadian Geological Survey in the Ple- 

 istocene deposits of the Kootenay Val- 

 ley of British Columbia, Canada. The 

 specimen along with others was finally 

 sent to Dr. HolHck at tlie Xew York 







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ing and Montana. Recently a still 

 more interesting fig has been described 

 and illustrated by Dr. Arthur Hollick 

 in the March number of the Journal of 

 the New York Botanical Garden. Fig- 

 ure I is a photograph of the entire spe- 

 cimen, natural size. 



Botanical Garden for determination. 



Careful study and comparison with 

 the fruits of plants now living demon- 

 strated that the specimen is a defoli- 

 ated, fruiting branch of a fig tree, 

 closely allied to the general type of cer- 



