CIVIC BIOLOGY 



MAY 7. Buds beginning to shoot. Seedlings coming up thick. 



JUNE 8. Collected blossoms, staminate and pistillate, togethei 

 with cones one year and two years old on same branches 

 (Lab. Book, p. 78). 



Seedlings 3 inches high. Estimated that there are 5000 in my 

 seed bed. 



The Humming Bird (Trod/ U us colubris') 



SEPT. 6. Seen daily about cannas, nasturtiums, etc. 



SEPT. 12. Saw last birds, I think. One alighted for a moment 

 on bare twig and flew south. 



OCT. 3. Found deserted nest while picking apples (Lab. Book. 

 p. 14). 



MAY 14. First arrival seen this spring, and first reported in class. 



Grape 



SEPT. 9. Selected as specimen to study a Delaware planted by 

 myself six years ago (Lab. Book, p. 42 ; sketch of vine, size 

 of stock, area of trellis covered, drawing of cluster and leaf), 

 Garnered grapes, 42 pounds in 12 minutes. 



Nov. 3. Pruned vine 15 minutes. Buried a bushel of bones about 

 roots (Lab. Book, p. 43 ; diagram of vine after pruning). 



APRIL 27. Buds beginning to shoot. 



MAY 15. Placed a cane 6 feet long in trench 3 inches deep, for 

 layers. 



JUNE 19. Blossoms open, new shoots about 2 feet long. 



Codling Moth (Carpocapsa pomonella) 



SEPT. 21. Examined 100 apples and found 92 worm-eaten. 

 Found 15 larvae in the apples ; the rest had completed their 

 growth and gone. Where did they go ? 



SEPT. 22. In one hour's search, scraping apple bark, found 163 

 larvae in their cocoons under the bark scales. They must 

 have gone there when they left the apples. 



Nov. 28. Observed a downy woodpecker at work on apple tree. 

 From 8 to 8:15 saw him drill into 5 bark scales and remove 



