CONTENTS 



Dedication Page v. 



Introduction " vii. 



Chapter Page 



I. Boardman Family Ancestry 3 



II. Valley of the St. Croix 11 



III. Business and Domestic Life 16 



IV. Life Eecord of a Naturalist 31 



V. Closing Years at Calais 86 



VI. The Boardman Collection 98 



VII. Some Scientific Results 110 



VIII. Personal Characteristics 130 



IX. Appreciations and Honors 142 



X. Cori'espondence with Naturalists 152 



XI. Scientific Lists 298 



XII. Natural History Sketches 323 



Index 350 



