SEPTEMBER 61 



that in 1905 she foiiiul six monarch eg-gs laid in 

 September, hatched them indoors, and that tlie in- 

 sects emerged from the pupa stage as butterflies 

 in October, but were chilled to death by an unex- 

 pected drop in temperature about New Year's 

 Day.^^ 



Dragonflies also were darting along the sides of 

 the bluffs today. We watched the flight of two 

 tree locusts and heard the antiphonal calls of oth- 

 ers. It is suri^rising how rarely one sees these 

 cicadas unless by careful observation, even when 

 their rasping notes are almost deafening.^- To- 

 night the loud insect chorus along the shores of 

 the moonlit river was persistent — soothing or 

 vexatious according to one's temperament and 

 mood. 



Of the towns just over the Mississippi from our 

 state, probably none are more interesting histor- 

 ically than Nauvoo and Prairie du Chien. The 

 statue of Marquette alone might make a visit to 

 the latter town worth while to every lover of the 

 story of the Great Stream. Landing today from 

 the little ferryboat, it was something of a botan- 

 ical surprise to find abundant clumps of the stout 

 gum-plant in vigorous bloom on the flats between 

 the shore and the village proper. This plant has 

 a certain attraction in its verv boldness of con- 



11 See Appendix, Note 6. 



12 See Appendix, Note 7. 



