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-<list;iiu'i' hetwi't'ii tile trunk ami llic lai'tliest sci'dlinn-. ( )ii l\\v luirtlu'ast, liow- 

 vvor. numbers ot these reaclieil as far as 200 feet; some 250 feet, and one 'AOO feet. 



'I'lirt'e or four years ayo the old tree was cut down and tlie field cleared of 

 weeds, etc., and plowed \\\<. The |iart of the held iiortii-eastward fmm tiie tree 

 was not molested, however. So tlie young grove of gums, which nature planted, 

 is still growing. It is evident that the prevailing strong winds for the fall 

 months during the years in which tlu'-;c young gums wei'e planted, came i)rinci- 

 pally from the sontliwest. 



Since that time guin trees in other places around New Albany have been 

 noticed similarily situati'd and in npen woofls. Their story has been the same. 

 Tlu' same tendency has also been observed in seedlings of Rolnnia Pseitdacacia. 



Still further observations made during the {)ast two seasons in the fruits and 

 seedlings of the honey-locust aflbrd additional proof of the power of ordinary 

 6^trong winds to carry even heavy fruits to a considerable distance, and show that 

 for the fall months and fruiting season of this tree the prevailing strong winds 

 are from the southwest. 



The honey-locust in cpiestion stands alone on the to}) of a broad, low hill, 

 which, with the exception of the " knobs," is probably the highest point around 

 New Albany. The soil of the hill is clothed with thin grass ; is poor, being clayey 

 on tttp, with fine, clayey sand beneath. The tree is a handsome one, with a trunk 

 some twenty inches in diameter, and a broad, rounded head reaching upward 

 forty feet, with a like spread. 



In Se})tember, 1893, it was noticed that tliere was an enormous crop of seeds. 

 Many of them hung on the branches until toward December. In that month the 

 s]'ot was visited for the purpose of making observations. The pods lay thickly 

 on the ground; and again they were found extending principally toward the 

 northeast. Many were under the tree extending on the south, southeast and 

 southwest, some twenty feet beyond the branches. On the northeast, however, 

 they reached as far as 100 feet. I looked for seedlings. There were a number of 

 various ages. A few were found about the tree on all sides. But the great pro- 

 portion were northeastward. At a distance of 112 feet there was a small thicket 

 of seedlings two and three years old. < )u the noi-th some were foiind at 102 feet ; 

 on the northwest 41.1 feet, west 39 feet, southwest oO feet, east 7b feet. 



The j)ast summer has been one of the dryest in many years. In .Sejitember 

 the same tree was again full <>f pods. At this time new young seedlings four and 

 five inches high were found growing about the tree by tiie hundred, seeming to 

 indicate that a dry season is favorable to young seedlings of this tree. On the 

 "west, smith and east these seedlings were numerous within thirty feet of the trunk. 



