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Volume VII. SEPTEMBER, 1891. Whole No. 62. 



Division -- MoHo^ 

 TuiE Secfa'onal ubroiy 



West American Scientist. 



A popular monthly review and record for the Pacific Coast. 



CONTENTS: 



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First Olive Oil Mill in California Frontispiece. 



New Bombylidae of the Group Paracosmus..Z). W. Coquillett. 219 



Contributions to West American Mollusca C. R. Orcutt. 222 



Lathyrus Splendens C. R. Orcutt. 224 



Puget Sound and Alaska U. L. Hertz. 225 



Rhododendron Occidentale 226 



Indian Method of Preparing Wool and Cotton ....E. Palmer. 226 



Sea Pansies 227 



TheLoquat 228 



The Pomegranate C. R. Orcutt. 229 



The Granadilla C. R. Orcutt. 230 



Women in Science Rosa Smith Eigenmann. 230 



The Rainbow Cactus.— Illustrated C. R. Orcutt. 236 



Companionship.— A Poem Mrs. E. E. Orcutt. 239 



An Oregon Mouse Aurelius Todd. 240 



The Mesquite Bean C. R. Orcutt. 242 



The Tent Caterpillar .' 5. E. Kennedy. 244 



Editorial 245 



Notes and News, 246 



Library Catalogue 247 



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