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. . Fron tispiece. 

 251 



Improved Soft-Shell Walnut 



The English Walnut 



The Walnut and [ts Culture L C. Cummins. 252 



Revision of the Bombvlid Genus Aphoebantus 



D. W. Coquillett. 254 



The Convolvulus— A Poem Mrs. E. E. Orcutt. 264 



Notes on Planting Miss K. Sessions 265 



Apricots 268 



Contributions to Wes1 American Mollusca. -II. . C. R. Orcutt 269 



Phacelia Companularia 270 



Letter from Dr. Geo. En^elmann to Dr. C. C. Parry 271 



Cobo?a Scandens Dorothy Lincoln 272 



Weasels as Gopher and Squirrel Exterminators 



' L C. Cummin, 272 



Plants Culterata? Exsiccate 273 



A Woodland Scene— A Poem Mrs E. B. Orcutt 274 



San Francisco Microscopical Society William IC. Loy. 275 



California Field Notes ' C. R. Orcutt. 276 



Librarv Catalogue 276 



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