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Large drops of water were continually dropping from the foliage
of the trees, so that it seemed to be raining.  I found a
nice spot near the stream close to a large Tulip tree, which
I marked, where several plants of Podophyllum peltatum
grew nicely for experiment.  The bud hidden under the sterile
branch, in nearly all cases develop but slightly.  In no case
did I find a branch that had developed from one of these buds.
My experiments to-day were to see if I could not make these
buds develop into branches, five different sterile plants were therefore
marked.  In Nos. 1, 2, 3, the terminal buds only were
removed.  This would give the bud hidden under the sterile
branch a chance to grow next year.  In No. 4. the terminal buds
were removed also but the plant was cut so as allows
only last years bud beside the one under the sterile branch of 
this year to remain. In No. 5. - two joints (2nd yr's 3rd yr's) only were
allowed to remain, all other buds were removed.
After the marking of these plants I continued my trip
taking the road near the river. Along this road I found
hundreds of locusts (Cicadas) which had just become perfect
insects.  The holes in the ground still showed where the
        