

Volume IV. 



Whole No. 35. 



We^fe * i^mefican * ^cienti^t. 



MARCH, 1888. 



CONTKNTS: 



Geo. W. Tr>on, Jr Jpsiah Keep 37 



The Violets of British Columbia M. Lopatecki .38 



The New Chinese Weeping Lilac. — /// 38 



Scientific Miscellany 40 



Colias Eurytheme, Boisdual T. D. A. Cockerell. . . .41 



Canadian Filicineae L. G. Yates 43 



A Dog and His Playmate , . . . H. R. Taylor 45 



Editorial 45 



St Nicholas for April, 1888 46 



Close of the Century's 35th Volume ^ 46 



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