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EXPERIMENTS IN THE BREEDING OF CERIONS. 



among the bay cedars on the west side of the path, where they seemed 

 to be thriving well. This we considered rather unusual, for our previous 

 experience had been that they commonly avoided the ground occupied 

 by bay cedars or the dead leaves of these plants. The region occupied 

 by Colony A at present seems to be as densely populated as was the 

 original home in the Bahamas. 



The Loggerhead Key Colony B. 

 On June 27, 1914, Colony B was started with 500 tips (see plate 4 

 of the 1915 report), which were offsprings of Colony A. These were 

 placed 150 feet distant and a little south of east of the stake which 



