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MAGAZINEVolume
41,
Number 3MARCH 1978
CONTENTS
FEATURES
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THE COVER:Spring entourage
of
Duneprimrose
and
marigolds
in
Anza-Borrego Desert StatePark, California. Photo
by
David Muench, Santa
Bar-
bara,
California.
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