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twenty to thirty feet high) and Amorphafruticosa. The latter was larger 

 than we have ever seen it, or heard of it, anywhere else, one specimen 

 cut down expressely for measuring, being thirty-five feet in length 

 and eighteen inches in circumference, and showing seventeen annual 

 rings of growth. The small cane (Arundinaria tecta) was also com- 

 mon in places. We were suprised to notice the frequency with which 

 stocks of the cypress were welded to or united with, trunks of other 

 trees, in cases where the two had originally sprouted close together. 

 We have noticed a tall white ash and a cypress, each two feet 

 through, so completely coalesced for several feet from the ground 

 that their base seemed that of one tree. In another instance an im- 

 mense decaying cypress stump, standing in the water, measuring 

 forty-eight feet around at the surface and thirteen feet across the top, 

 supported on all sides a growth of birch sprouts from twenty to more 

 than forty feet high, and three to six inches in diameter, whose roots 

 were imbedded in the soft decaying wood of the stump. In the 

 same locality a still more remarkable union of five species of trees, 

 viz., the black willow, bald cypress, white ash, red birch and 

 silver maple all sprouted from one base, the bark of which appeared 

 of the same character all around, while the trees themselves retained 

 each its characteristic aspect. 



Robert Ridgway. 



Elm Leaf Beetle. 

 {Galeruca xanthomalana.') 



A most remarable appearance of this insect occurred in Lancaster 

 City and Township, in the months of July and August last ; suddenly, 

 numerously, and without any warning. Except a few individuals 

 occasionally in some of the rural districts, within the last two years, 

 it had never before been noticed in Lancaster County ; but,- it is said 

 to have been introduced into the United States from Europe, and first 

 made its appearance in the vicinity of Baltimore, nearly forty years 

 ago. 



About the middle of July many of the Elm trees in and around Lan- 

 caster City were infested by a small larva that had perforated their 

 foliage with millions of small holes, and towards the end of the month, 



