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CONTENTS 



The Retrospect of the year, 1 



The Lumbar Curve in Some American Races, by George A. 



DORSEY, 53 



The Flora of Colonial Days, by Miss Mary T. Saunders, 74 



Pre-historic Relics from Beverly, by John Robinson, , . 89 



Botanical Notes, by William P. Alcott, 92 



On a New Genus and Two New Species of Macrurous Crustacea, 



by J. S. KiNGSLEY, 95 



The Nasal Organs of Pipa Americana, by Irving Rked 



Baj^croft, 101 



Supplementary Report on the Mineralogy and Geology of 



Essex County, by John H. Sears, 109 



Sandstone Dikes accompanying the Great Fault of Ute Pass, 



Colorado, by W. 0. Crosby, 113 



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