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THE GUIDE rO NATURE 



Is This the Largest Elm : 



On page 396 of The Guide to Nature 

 for May we published an article and 

 illustration borrowed from "American 

 Forestry," entitled, "Largest Elm in 

 Connecticut." Since then that mag"a- 



for February or the Stirling Elm de- 

 scribed in 'American Forestry' for 

 April. Indeed it is so much larger than 

 either of these two that there appar- 

 ently is justice in the claim that it is 

 the largest elm in the entire state." 



THE BIG ELM AT WETHERSFIELD, CONNECTICUT. 

 Cut by courtesy of The American Forestry Magazine^ Washineton, D. C. 



zine has published the following, which 

 we are through their courtesy permit- 

 ted to reprint : 



"Mrs. Mary M. Williamson of Mid- 

 dletown, Connecticut, furnishes an ad- 

 dition to the several magnificent elms 

 for which Connecticut is famous, in the 

 Wethersfield Elm which she believes 

 is the largest in the State. 



"This elm is at Wethersfield, Hart- 

 ford County, Connecticut, and when it 

 was measured in 1912 by Mrs. William- 

 son's husband, its circumference was 

 27 feet I inch, its spread 142 feet 8^ 

 inches and its age about 175 years. 

 This is larger than either the Benedict 

 Elm mentioned in 'American Forestry' 



Does the Gray Squirrel Find Buried 

 Nuts by Memory or by Smell? 



BY DR. ROBERT T. MORRIS, NEW YORK CITY. 



The question relating to this caption 

 has been discussed at considerable 

 length ; perhaps both faculties are em- 

 ployed. Here is definite evidence re- 

 lating to the sense of smell. 



On my country place at Stamford, 

 Connecticut, there is a sand beach at 

 the swimming pool. Last winter a 

 large number of acorns of the red oak 

 were whirled into the eddy of this pool 

 and buried in the sand. As the water 

 receded the gray squirrels found these 

 acorns and dug for them at various 

 points near the water's edge. 



