JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGS. 



TIMBERED MAPLE SECTION. 



Various species of Viburnum Acentifolia; Phlox Divari- 

 cata ; 2 Hydrophyllums ; Actea Rubra and Alba ; Asclepias 

 Cornuti ; Lobelia Inflata and Incarata ; Laurus Benzoin ; 

 Kuonymus Obovatum ; Orchis Psycodes ; Epilobium An- 

 gustifolium ; Menispirmum Canadensis ; Quercus Bicolor and 

 Rubra, etc., etc.* 



These varying' phenomena must, one would think, indi- 

 cate essentially different chemically constituted soils, as the 

 plant varieties do not intrude on each other's habitat, and if 

 artificially transplanted refuse obstinately to naturalize in the 

 alien soil. It would seem as if where the right conditions 

 exist, the orgranizations are sure to evolve as if from omni- 

 present spores or aerial germ dust. To the southward a few 

 miles another plant zone may be noted where novel species 

 flourish non-existent in either of the aforementioned. 



The numbers of the common bluebirds which seemed 

 much depleted three years ago have returned to about their 

 normal proportions, and their warblings were heard at all 

 hours of the day about here until the last days of October, 

 yet it has been noticed that these birds have of late years be- 

 come much more shy in choosing situations for nesting, 

 scarcely ever of late coming to the near vicinage of dwellings 

 or outbuildings. Probably the repellant influence of the im- 

 migrant sparrow may account for this uinversally admitted' 

 change of habit. 



The various movements of wild creatures on the ap- 

 proach of the cold season are remarkable. The land snails 

 sometimes utilize for winter shelter the vacant (or otherwise) 

 burrows of the ground hog.The larvae of the May bug, al- 

 though seemingly so sluggish and helpless in their motions, 

 perseveringly work their way downwards to the warmer sub- 

 soil as the temperature of the surface becomes less genial to 



*NoTE.— Only a few of the more striking and prominent diversities 

 are enumerated here. ■ > 



