The Canadian Record of Science, Volume 4Natural History Society., 1891 |
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abundant Acadian Acrogens Anderson River appear asbestus B. J. HARRINGTON banks beds C. H. MCLEOD Cacouna Island Cacouna Point Cambrian Canada Canadian canoes Carboniferous Chairman collected Committee common Cordaites cylinder D. P. PENHALLOW Dadoxylon Devonian epidote Esquimaux everywhere F. B. Caulfield fauna Flower fossils Fruit genus grounds gymnospermous Hare Indians Hartt Inapp inches including this month Indians J. A. U. BEAUDRY Lake Lawrence leaves limestone Michx miles milk mineral Minimum relative humidity Montreal Museum Natural History Society observed occasionally occur Ottawa P. S. Ross Pilot Hill pith plant present Prof pygidium Quebec Quebec Group R. W. MCLACHLAN RECORD OF SCIENCE Redpath Museum roadside rocks sandy scientific seen sepals SHEARER shore Sigillaria Silurian Sir William Dawson Sir Wm snow fell soil species specimens stem Sternbergia STEVENSON BROWN structure SUNDAY surface thickets tion tissue tree trilobites Tylodendron WILLIAM DAWSON winter ΙΟ
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