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The Washington Meetinp' of thf- AmenVan Nature Study Society 



Elliot R. Downing, Secretary i 



Field Work of the St. Louis Section, American Nature Study Society.. .. 



' Irew Drushel S 



Seed Testing V. Oswald 12 



How Orchid Seeds Grow ^.„. D. Fuller 21 



Some Observations on Bird Families Dwight E. Minnich 2 5 



Pigeons . . ... .Leon J. 



A Method of Illustrating the Trees J. E. Kirkwood 39 



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