MAY 3 1989 



Volume VI. JULY, 1889. Whole No. 45. 



THE 



West <• J^mericai] -t- ^cientigt. 



A popular monthly review and record for the Pacific Coast. 

 Official Organ of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 



C. R. ORCUTT. - - EDITOR. 



CONTKNTS: 



Contributions from the San Diego Biological Laboratory— II.. 



Carl Eigenmann 6i 



Contributions to West American Botany— 1 62 



Trees and Shrubs of San Diego County, California C. R. Orcutt 64 



Epoch of the Mastodon in North America CD. Story 66 



Opuntia Fruit as an Article of Food Edward Palmer 67 



Some Notes on Tertiary Fossils of California C. R. Orcutt 70 



The Republic of Salvador M.Lopaiecki 71 



Native Plants of Australia 75 



Briefer Articles -Preserving the Colors of Flowers; A Petrified 



Bird's Nest; Albinism Among Flowers 76 



Proceedings of Scientific Societies. 77 



Bibliography 79 



Editorial 80 



Notes and News 80 



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