Vol. VHL 



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SEPTEMBER, J900. 



No, 2. 



The beautiful is as useful as the usetMl.— Victor Hugo. 



5i\i i 



AND 



NATURE 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



[lUustration] 



THE MALLOWS [lUustration] 50 



EAGLE LORE (Phebc Westcott Humphreys) 

 FLOWERS AND THEIR INVITED GUESTS 



(Prof. John Merle Coulter) 

 THE ASTERS (Charles S. Raddin) [Illustration] 

 THE FLICKER'S MISTAKE (Nell Kimfaerly McElhone) 

 THE WILD YELLOW LILY [Ulustration] . . . 



WHAT DO WE OWE THE BIRDS? (Prof. Lynds Jones) 

 THE VESPER SPARROW [niustration] 

 BIRD-STUDY (Olive Thome MiUer) . > • 



THE OREGON JUNCO (J. Mayne Baltimore)'- . ;..,_„ 



THE CALICO BASS [lUustration] . . " . 



THE GROWTH AND VARIATION OF FISH (Seth E. Meek) 

 THE MOUNTAIN LAKE [lUustration] .... 

 THE ORIGIN OF THE FISH-A Bird-Fish Story (Prof. Albert Schneider) 90 

 THE BANANA (WiUiam Kerr Higley) [lUustration] . . 95 



Edited by WILLIAM KERR HIGLEY. 



ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY. 



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