CONTENTS. 



JANUARY & FEBRUARY, 1876. 



The Vitality of Seeds fVm. H. Seaman. 57 



Missing Links among the Lepidoptera Science Gossip. 63 



The Distribution of Certain Species of Aster . . . J. W. Chickering. 65 



The American Mistletoe M. H. Doolittle. 66 



Palms and Yuccas of the U. S George Vasey. 67 



Potomac- Side Naturalists' Club — Record y. IV. Chickering. 69 



Field Record . . 71 



Edible Fungi. — Dung Beetles. — Note on Mildness of the Season. 



Notice of Cambridge Entomological Club 64 



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