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Viburnum deniatum. L. Arrow wood. Abundant along Yellow Breech. 

 '' puhescens^ Pursh. 



••' nudum, L. Abundant in swamps on South mountain. 

 " acerifolium, L. Abundant in South mountain. Rare in the valley. 

 VUis Jabrusca, L. Fox grape. Common in South mountain. 

 " aestivalis, Mx. 

 " cordifolia, Mx. 

 " riparia, Mx. 

 Xanlhoxylum americanum, Mill. diet. Abundant along creek in shade. 

 Whole number of species, . - - _ _ \^Q 

 Of these, not found in Chester County, - - - 20 



Species in Chester County not yet found in Cumberland, 11 



ANT-IANA, NO. II. 



One day, I observed an unusual number of large red ants lunning a- 

 bout the walks in the garden; and I was curious to know what this 

 new movement might mean. Presently J discovered two or three dif- 

 ferent groups, each collected around an unfortunate black ant, which 

 they were hauling along by the legs. Thinks I, what's all this } I'll 

 show fair play. But the captives showed no disposition to bite or in- 

 jure their assailants, but endeavored by struggling to escape. I resolv- 

 ed to await the issue. I presumed that there had been a battle between 

 this company and a colony of black ants that had several weeks before 

 established themselves among some strawberries, and that these were 

 prisoners of war, whom they were conveying home. I followed the di- 

 rection in which they were moving and in an adjoining field, 1 discov- 

 ered a nest. But instead of red ants only, I found in the nest a large 

 population of the identical species of black ants I had just seen them 

 dragging along. The black ones were very busily engaged in enlarg- 

 ing the entrances, carrying sticks and straws, and in performing the oth- 

 er customary labors of the ant hill, while the few red ones that were 

 seen straying among them, appeared to take no part whatever in these 

 domestic concerns. The ants from the garden continued to come strag- 

 gling in, and now and then one might be seen bringing in a captive with 

 him. Numbers of winged ants of the red species were crawling around 

 the nest and occasionally flying in the air ; sometimes the black ones 

 would lay hold of these and lead them into an adjoining hole, but gene- 

 rally they did not seem to molest them. 



Since that time, I have frequently examined the nest, and have never 

 seen, except in one instance, the red ants rendering assi.stance in remo- 



