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Measurements of Strains Indited in Plant Curvatures. By I). T. Mac 



DOUGAL. 



The Stomates ok Cycas. By Edgar W. Olive 



The IJuiKEYE (anok of 1840. I!y W. P. Shannon. 



Out' (if the campaign devicL-s of ls4n. in ihis State, was a l)iicke_ve canoe on 

 wheels. (General Harrison, tiie Whig candidate, was a citizen of tiie ]'>iici<eye 

 state and the iiero of tiie iiattic of Tippecanoe. Hence, tlie P>uckeye Canoe em- 

 bodied the ideas that canght the >eltisii pride of two states. The purpose of tiiis 

 ])a}>er is to give some idea of the size of tiie tree from which this canoe was made. 

 Tlie dimensions of the canoe and of the tree were given to me i>y Mr. Kobert 

 Cones, of Mnncie. a man that I have known ail my life, and his statements 

 agree well with those that I iiave ol)tained from others. Mr. Cones was one of 

 those who guarded tiie canoe of nights, while it was being made. It was fifty feet 

 long, well dressetl l)otli outside anil inside. < >n the inside, boards were placed 

 crosswise for seats, and three persons could sit coiiifortai)iy on one seat. 



During the campaign it was hauled from ]dace to place over the state, ap- 

 pearing at Indianapolis, at Richmond and the Battle Grouml. The dimensions 

 of the canoe show tliat the tree was immense. We have seen yellow po|>l;ir or 

 tulip trees big enough for such a canoe. Imt it hardly seems credible that tliere 

 ever existed such a buckeye rec. 



The tree, standihg, measured "27 feet 11 inches in circumference at two feet 

 from the ground, and was !K) feet from the gixiuud to the first liml). The foliage was 

 reduced to a bunch at the summit of the stem, whicii caused some wiio saw the 

 tree to compare it to the iialmctto. Tiie irei' had no spur roots, it stood in tlu' 

 ground like a post, it was as straight as an arrow antl held its thickness remark- 

 ably well. This tree grew in the southeast corner of Rush County, and was recog- 

 nized as a sweet hui'keye. If so, it was ^K^riilu.< liuva. Hn account ol its size 

 and majesty it was known far and wide, and was visited as a great curiosity by 

 men from diflerent jiarts of the United States. Occasionally a man from a distant 

 <itv. a merchant from Piiihuielphia, for instance, having business in Conuersville, 

 BrcMd^ville, or Rushville. would drive fn.m 10 to 15 miles to see the "Big P.uek- 

 eye." 



1 liave never found J-Jsculus jlava in Decatur County, a region where 1 liave 

 given some attention to tlie forest trees. It is not in .Mr. Meym ke's puiilished 



