CONTENTS 



Dedication Page v. 



INTEODUCTION " vii. 



Chapter Page 



I. Boardraan Family Ancestry 3 



II. Valley of the St. Croix 11 



III. Business and Domestic Life 16 



IV. Life Record of a Naturalist 31 



V. Closing Years at Calais 86 



VI. The Boardman Collection 98 



VII. Some Scientific Results 110 



Vin. Personal Characteristics 130 



IX. Appreciations and Honors 142 



X. Correspondence with Naturalists 152 



XL Scientific Lists 298 



XII. Natural History Sketches 323 



Index 350 



