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Editorial Note , 1 



Zoological Problems for the Natural History Society of Montreal. By E.W. 



MacBride, M.A., B.Sc 2 



The Gramineae, Cyperaceae and Juncacese of Montreal Island. By Haeold 



B. CosHiNG, B. A., and Robert Campbell, M. A., D.D 11 



Dimorphism and Polymorphism in Butterflies. By Henry H. Ltman, M.A. 24 



Royal Society of Canada. Meeting at Ottawa 36 



Proceedings of the Natural History Society. Session 1897-1898 43 



Field Day to Montfort 53 



Book Notices : 



Elementary Botany. By George F, Atkinson, Professor of Botany, 



Cornell University 62 



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