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until a week or more later). A few trees 

 commencing to show autumnal coloring, 

 mostly sassafras (orange and scarlet), 

 persimmon (some trees dull orange-yel- 

 low, others bronzy purple) and shellbark 

 hickory (mellow cadmium-yellow). 



October 5. Bay-breasted and Black- 

 throated Green Warblers present in large 

 numbers. 



October 6. Winter Wren arrived. Last 

 flowers out on crepe myrtle (has been 

 blooming constantly since July 18). 



October 7. Last flower out on rose of 

 Sharon (Hibiscus syriacns); has been 

 blooming constantly since June 30. 



October 8. Pine Siskin arrived. Rain, 

 with much lightning. 



October 9. Blue-headed Vireo again 

 singing. Rain. Last flowers of crepe 

 myrtle still on, but somewhat faded. 



October 11. A Bachman's Sparrow 

 visited the garden. 



October 14. Young Cardinals, still being 

 fed by parents, seen by Mrs. R. in door- 

 yard in town. 



October 15. Slate-colored Junco and 

 Song Sparrow arrived. 



October 18. Myrtle Warbler arrived. 



October 20. Temperature at 7 a.m., 

 59°; maximum, 70°. A Ruby-crowned 

 Kinglet singing in morning. 



October 22. A Catbird on our grounds. 

 Closed gentian [Gentiana andrewsi) in 

 full bloom. 



October 23. The woods now gloriously 

 colored, the trees showing brightest hues 

 being sassafras (orange and salmon), 

 black gum (bright carmine), bitter-nut 

 hickory (lemon-yellow), shellbark hickory 

 (orange-yellow), persimmon (some trees 

 orange-yellow, others dark bronzy purple), 

 and a few sugar maples (cadmium-yellow 

 to orange); the red maples still mostly 

 green, with here and there a glowing 

 scarlet branch; oaks still mostly in mid- 

 summer green. 



October 24. One flower each of Mee- 

 han's mallow marvels and scarlet hibiscus 

 (H. coccineus) open — the last of each. 

 (The former has been blooming continu- 

 ously from June 30, the latter from July 

 24!) 



October 25. Temperature at 7 a.m., 

 48°, overcast; at 10.45 P-M., 45^2°, clear. 



October 26. Temperature at 6 a.m., 

 44°, fair. Cannas, geraniums {Pelargo- 

 nium), scarlet sage, tea roses, morning- 

 glories, nasturtiums {Tropccoliun), and 

 many other flowers still in full bloom. 

 Tradescantia brevicaulis in full (second) 

 bloom, also some plants of Phlox panicu- 

 lata. A Brown Thrasher in our woods. 



October 27. First frost of the season, 

 a 'killing' one, the temperature at 7 a.m., 

 30°; but day bright, with very little wind. 

 Meadowlarks singing in morning. 



October 28. Ternperature at 7 a.m., 

 35°; at 12 M., and 9 p.m., 49°. 



October 29. Temperature at 7 a.m., 

 43°; at I P.M., 52°. 



October 30. Temperature at 7 a.m., 

 38°, with 'white' frost, Meadowlarks 

 singing. Bats flying about in evening. 

 Tradescantia brevicaulis still in full bloom. 



October 31. Temperature at 6 a.m. 

 and 8.45 p.M,. 44°; a glorious Indian sum- 

 mer day. 



November i. Temperature at 7.30 

 A.M., 49°. 



November 2. Temperature at 6 a.m., 

 48°; at 10.15 P-M., 58°. White oaks now 

 richly colored with mellow tones of copper, 

 purple-brown, terra-cotta, and 'old-rose.' 

 A mixed flock of several hundreds of 

 Snow Geese and Blue Geese flew over, 

 going southward. It was noticed that 

 although the two species were mixed 

 throughout the flock each was composed 

 of a considerable number of larger or 

 smaller companies of segregated indi- 

 vidual?, each extended line consisting of 

 alternating companies of the white- and 

 dark-colored birds. 



November 3. Temperature at 7 a.m., 

 57°; at I2M., 68°; 4 p.m., 67°. A perfect 

 Indian summer day. While the woods 

 have lost the brilliant colors of earlier 

 autumn, they are now clad in more pleas- 

 ing hues; only the red and sugar maples 

 are cadmium-yellow, with touches of 

 orange and scarlet, the general color being 

 subdued tones of red-brown, brown-red, 

 and purple, the black oaks yellow-green 

 or green-yellow, the pin oaks coppery red. 



