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Oceanic Circulation and Temperature Off the 



Pacific Coast 133 



George F. McEwen. Scripps Institution for Bio- 

 logical Kesearch, La JoUa, California. 



Insects of the Pacific Coast 141 



Vernon L. Kellogg. Professor of Entomology, 

 Stanford University. 



Flora of the Pacific Coast 147 



Harvey Monroe Hall. Assistant Professor of 

 Botany, University of California. 



Forests of the Pacific Coast 159 



Willis Linn Jepson. Associate Professor in the 

 Department of Botany, University of California. 



The Deserts and Desert Flora of the West . . .168 



LeKoy Abrams. Associate Professor of Botany, 

 Stanford University. 



The Marine Flora of the Pacific Coast . . . .177 



Wilijam Albert Setchell. Professor of Botany, 

 University of California. 



Burbank's Gardens 185 



Vernon L. Kellogg. Professor of Entomology, 

 Stanford University. 



Ethnology of the Pacific Coast 189 



T. T. Waterman. Assistant Professor of Anthro- 

 pology, University of California. 



Astronomical Observatories 197 



E. G. AiTKEN, Astronomer, Lick Observatory, 

 Mount Hamilton. 



Museums of the Pacific Coast 207 



BiVRTON W. EvERMANN. Director of the Museum, 

 California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. 



Agricultural Development of the Pacific Coast . 214 

 E. J. WiCKSON. Professor of Horticulture, Uni- 

 versity of California. 



Some Notable Irrigation and Hydro-Electric De- 

 velopments 228 



C. E. Grunsky. President, American Engineering 

 Corporation, San Francisco. 



Chemical Resources and Industries 237 



Harry East Miller. Consulting Chemist and 

 Metallurgist, San Francisco. 



Mountaineering on the Pacific Coast .... 246 



Joseph N. LeConte. Professor of Engineering 

 Mechanics, University of California. 



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