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bulge at this point ; and soon the "Harp 

 Elm" as the tree began to be called, 

 because of its shape which, however, 

 rather resembles a lyre than a harp, 

 dominated the whole view. Years 

 later, when the poor deaf and dumb 

 man died, his friends and neighbors 

 buried him under the tree which he 

 had befriended and saved. So this 

 beautiful elm, the admiration of all who 

 see it, and which people drive and walk 

 miles to see, is his only monument, and 

 assuredly it is a fitting one. 



together 



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A Curious Elm Bond of Union. 



Stamford, Connecticut. 

 To the Editor: 



I desire to call your attention to the 

 peculiar formation on an elm tree in 



THE ELM BOND OF UNION. 



West Park just north of the Soldier's 

 Monument. I have passed that elm 

 many times, but never specially noticed 

 it, and perhaps would not have done 

 so if my interest in nature had not re- 

 cently been deepened by your excellent 

 magazine. When I first observed the 

 tree as the consequence of this newly 

 awakened interest, it at once came to 

 my mind that probably few people who 

 pass tins wondenul work of nature 

 have ever derived the pleasure they 

 -should obtain from the observation of 

 .so remarkable a growth. 



You will see that the tree has de- 



veloped a bond to hold 

 two larger branches so firmly that 

 there is no danger of their splitting 

 apart. Of course, I do not mean to say, 

 nor to imply that this was the delib- 

 erate purpose of the tree, but the bond 

 undoubtedly has this result, as any one 

 who observes it can readily see. 



Harry W. Hurlbutt. 



Bayne-Blauvelt Bill. 



NEW YORK PROHIBITS THE SALE OF WILD 

 GAME. 



One of the most notable achieve- 

 ments of this session of the Legislature 

 has been the passage of the Bayne- 

 Blauvelt Bill for the prohibiting of the 

 sale of wild game. This measure marks 

 the most important step in the move- 

 ment for the protection and conserva- 

 tion of wild life on this continent. 

 Game laws are never popular, and it 

 is a source of constant wonder to those 

 who realize the fierce independence of 

 the average American citizen, to rea- 

 lize how he has, more or less quietly, 

 acquiesced in certain restrictive meas- 

 ures. Each step in the campaign has 

 been marked by protests and some- 

 times by set-backs, but it will be a sur- 

 prise to all lovers of nature to realize 

 that the destruction of the wild life has 

 now gone so far, that the prohibition 

 of public sale has become imperative. — 

 Zoological Society Bulletin, New York 

 City. ' 



The Defect We Try To Remedy. 



All our science lacks a human side. 

 The tenant is more than the house. 

 Bugs and stamens and spores, on which 

 we lavish so many years, are not fi- 

 nalities ; and man, when his powers un- 

 fold in order, will take nature along 

 with him, and emit light into all her 

 recesses. The human heart concerns 

 us more than the poring into micro- 

 scopes, and is larger than can be meas- 

 ured by the pompous figures of the as- 

 tronomer. — Ralph Waldo Bmerson. 



The magazine fills a long felt want 

 with me. — Reverend Manley B. Tozvn- 

 send, South Pascagoula, Mississippi. 



