VOL. XXXIII, No. 386" FEBRUARY, 1899’ 
THE 
AMERICAN 
NATURALIS£ 
A MONTHLY JOURNAL 
DEVOTED TO THE NATURAL SCIENCES 
IN THEIR WIDEST SENSE 
CONTENTS 
I. On the Proposed University of the United States and Its Possible 
Relations to Scientific Bureaus of the Government 
II. The Relation between Forestry and Geology in New r Jersey. Part 
II. Historical Development of the Flora Dr. ARTHUR HOLLICK 
III. The Wings of Insects, IV. Continued 
Professors J. H. COMSTOCK and J. G. NEEDHAM 
IV. The Peneplain: A Review . . eoa ee A DT 
V. A Peculiar T : . Professor F. L. WASHBURN 
J eai has ka tae a Ovals AE cae a ee 
VII. Editorial 
VIII. Reviews of Recent Literature: husiregeiey, Report of the Smithsouian: Insti- - 
tution, Report of the Anthropological Work in the State Institution for Feeble- 
Minded Children, Anthropological i Dimorphism in C repidula, 
British Entomostraca, Rotifers of the Leman, Classification of the Contec 
gidz, A New Rhizopod Parasite in Man, PESEE Fishes, Fauna and Flora 
of the Catskills, Notes — i tae California Plants in their Homes, Van 
Tieghem’s Eléments de Botanique, Are Bacteria Fungi? Dr. Bolander, The — 
Costa Rica Flora, Urban’ s West edie Flora, Bailey’s Evolution of our Native 
Fruits, Poisonous Grains, Botanical Notes — Paleontology, Habits of Thyla- 
coleo — Bingi Marble, Grits Metamorphosed into Crystalline Schists, — 
Dioritic Rocks of the Pusterthal, Three California snn Acid , zmatite — 
in a Basic Rock, Notes — ewe 
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