6 ri VIC BIOLOGY 



May 7. Buds begimiing to shoot. Seedlings coming up thick. 



June 8. Collected blossoms, staminate and pistillate, together 

 \Yith cones one year and two years old on same branches 

 (Lab. Book, p. 78). 



Seedlings 3 inches higli. Estimated that there are 5600 in my 

 seed bed. 



The Humming Bird {Trocliilun coluhris) 



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. 8. Found deserted nest while picking apples (Lab. Book, 

 1..14). 



May 14. First arriYal seen this spring, and first reported in class. 



Grape {Delaware) 



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). 

 (Tarnered 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. 



]\Iay 15. Placed a cane 6 feet long in trench 3 inches deep, for 

 layers. 



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



Codling Moth (Carpocapsa pomonella) 



Sept. 21. Examined 100 apples and found i)2 wunn-eaten. 

 Found 15 larva? in the apples; the rest had completed their 

 growth and gone. Where did they go ? 



Sept. 22. In one hour's search, scra})ing 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 liiiu drill into 5 bark scales and remove 



