Alexander Agassiz, 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology, 

 Cambridge, Mass. " 



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DECEMBER, 1890. Whole No. 55. 



THE 



We# ♦ American * pGientigi 



A popular monthly review and record for the Pacific Coast* 

 Official Organ of the San Die%o Society of Natural History. 



CONTENTS. 



Pack 



>arry ' Lotus Tree, illustrated, by the late Dr. Albert Kellogg 63 



r ritUla ri is 1 llustrated Carl Purdy 66 



iome N ' 3 on Echinocactus, illustrated C. R. Orcutt 67 



Papaver Californicum C. R. Orcutt 70 



Library Catalogue 71 



1 i TERARY AND EDUCATIONAL SUPPLEMENT. 



A Poetical Mosiai;, (selected) 31 



Waiting . 31 



Locals and Per onals 32 



Editorial 32 



School and Colk 33 



Notes and New* 33 



Cdllege of Letters. 34 



Good Literature 35 



In Lighter Vein 37 



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