SEPTEMBER, 1898 



The 



No. 9 



National Geographic 



Magazine 



AN ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY 



Editor: JOHN HYDE 



Associate Editors 



A. W. GREELY W J McGEE HENRY GANNETT 



C. HART MERRIAM ELIZA RUHAMAH SCIDMORE 



CONTENTS 



FRONTISPIECE: CREST OF THE BITTER ROOT MOUNTAINS. 



W J McGEE. 377 



PAGE 



RICHARD TJ. GOODE. 387 

 M. S. W. JEFFERSON. 400 



THE GROWTH OF THE UNITED STATES. 

 With diagram. 



BITTER ROOT FOREST RESERVE. 



"With map and illustrations. 



ATLANTIC ESTUARINE TIDES. 

 With diagrams. 



THE FOREST CONDITIONS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. 



HENRY GANNETT. 410 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 412 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY. 414 



WASHINGTON 

 PUBLISHED BY THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY 



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