“ The village entirely surrounds the mound, but on the east it is more extensive and occupies upward of five acres of ground.
The work of examining the village site is very laborious. Every portion or particle of the earth to a depth, on the average, of two and one-half feet is carefully dug over with small hand trowels, and every particle of bone, shell or stone is carefully removed and examined. The contents of the ash pits are screened so that no implements or ornaments may be lost. ”

“ While collecting in Scioto County on the 8th of July, 1900, I was fortunate enough to come across an indigenous specimen of Ampelopsis cordata. [1] The station for the plant is on a hillside one mile east of Portsmouth, Ohio. The character of the environment is indicated in figure 3, Plate 1; the plant in question growing on the bank by the roadside at a point immediately above the bicycle in the central part of the picture. The photograph from which the half tone was made shows only a portion of the high hills that border the Ohio river. The soil is clay and not regarded as very fertile. ”

“ The head-smut of sorghum is not to be confused with another species that occurs on the same host. The one now referred to is a grain-smut, that is, the panicle as a whole is not included, but the individual grains become smutted. This species has been called Ustilago sorghi, but Mr. Clinton regards it as a Cintractia, namely, Cintractia sorghi-vulgaris (Tul.) Clint. It is more common than the former, occurring often on sorghum and broom corn. ”

“ On January 1st, 1900, several pots in the Botanical greenhouse of the Ohio State University were planted to sorghum, Kaffir corn, maize, sweet-corn and pop-corn. The seeds were previously moistened and mixed with a large quantity of head-smut of sorghum taken from smutted sorghum plants also from maize infected with the same fungus. This species was named Ustilago reiliana by Kühn in 1868 from specimens collected in Egypt.
The plants developed rapidly and normally, though the stems were slender and did not reach the normal height. ”

“ At this time the village site was not explored but it was known to exist, as the following extract from the 12th Annual Report will show: “This mound is situated upon the edge of the first general bottom of Paint Creek, which though protected by a huge levee is annually inundated. In overflow times the smaller circle of the adjoining enclosure is almost entirely submerged, and the summit of the mound is the only land visible above a broad expanse of water. Around the mound upon all sides, particularly to the east, are traces of former Indian occupation. ”

“ A great number of skeletons of babies were found in the ash pits, showing that the already dug ash pit was the most convenient grave for the little ones, who was then covered with ashes, consequently the skeletons were perfectly preserved. With a great number of the adult skeletons were found implements of bone, such as awls, hoes, celts, arrow and spear points of stone, beads and ornaments of shell and bone; but with the skeletons of children varying in age from four to twelve years were found the greatest number of ornaments made of shell and bone. ”

“ In the latter case in the summer of 1900, I obtained from a plot of many hundred stalks including field-corn, sweet-corn, pop-corn, sorghum, Kaffir corn and broom corn only three cases of smutted plants. These were of sweet-corn, both the tassel and ear being affected. The previous year about the same per cent. of successful inoculations were obtained. But in the greenhouse the experiments have uniformly resulted in the production of a considerable number of smutted stalks of sorghum and occasionally an infected plant of maize. ”

“ Not a book for learning the classification, anatomy, and nomenclature of animals, but to show how animals reached their present development, the effects of environment, their place in Nature, their relations to one another and to the human race. ”

“ The species can be transplanted readily. One of the plants just referred to was dug up in June in Linn County, Kansas, and easily survived its rough treatment. Roots were taken from the Portsmouth plant in July this year and they are now growing and producing stems. We have repeatedly transplanted specimens that were grown from roots and from cuttings in the green house and always with success.
A word as to the synonymy should perhaps be given. The species was described by Michaux in 1803 under the name of Ampelopsis cordata. Persoon in 1805 proposed the name Cissus ampelopsis for the species. ”

“ The Naturalist, while aiming to be strictly scientific and technical in character, will endeavor to be of especial assistance to the teachers and amateur scientists of the state. It is believed that the kind of work contemplated will be of great educational value. ”

“ They have been shifted to larger pots from time to time, but the plants make only a stunted growth. The new stalks that appear now and then are invariably affected, though sometimes one of the panicles, either the one terminating the main stem or one of the side branches may be free from visible smut. It is thus evident that this species of smut is perennial where its host lives from year to year. Figure 3 shows a photograph of one of the plants started in the greenhouse in 1899, its first stem producing an infected panicle. ”

“ The small dull-colored bluish fruits in loose panicles when abundant are somewhat ornamental. The vine is a vigorous grower and clings firmly to supports. Figure 4 shows a plant used for ornamental purposes growing on the south side of the Botanical Building at the Ohio State University. A figure from a still more vigorous specimen was shown by Mrs. Kellerman in Vick’s Magazine, January, 1900. This was made from a photograph of a specimen growing at the north porch of a residence in Columbus, Ohio. ”

“ With those children whose graves were carefully covered no implements or ornaments of any sort were placed. Of the sixty-three skeletons found, not a single perfect piece of pottery was found buried with them, differing greatly from the Madisonville Prehistoric Cemetery near Cincinnati, for at the latter cemetery quantities of pottery in their perfect state was found, buried with the skeletons. ”

“ F. A. Lucas, of the U. S. National Museum, describes the dog found in the Baum Village as resembling very much the bull terrier in size and proportion, and states that the same species have been found in the village sites in Texas and the old Puebloes.
A FOLIICOLOUS FORM OF SORGHUM SMUT AND NOTES
ON INFECTION EXPERIMENTS.
W. A. Kellerman. ”

“ Finally The Naturalist is not intended to be a money-making institution, but it will be improved and enlarged as rapidly as the income from subscriptions and other resources will permit.
J. H. S.
AN OHIO STATION FOR AMPELOPSIS CORDATA.
W. A. Kellerman. ”

“ Very abundant. R. F. Griggs.
1943a Helianthus maximiliani Schrad. Sandusky. A single plant along railroad tracks. R. F. Griggs.
COLLECTING AND PRESERVING MICROSCOPIC PLANTS. Small plants like Desmids, Diatoms, etc., may be preserved in water, in homeopathic vials, provided a drop of carbolic acid is added to each bottle of material. In this way they will keep for a long time with very little change of color and contents.
J. H. S.
Ohio State University Six distinct and independent Colleges, each with a Dean and Faculty of its own. ”

“ Megalocoerea debilis Uh. (?) , Miris affinis Reut., Compsocerocoris annulicornis Reut., Calocoris rapidus Say, Lygus pratensis L., L. plagiatus Uhl., Poecyloscytus basalis Reut., Camptobrochis nebulosus Uhl., Eccritotarsus elegans Uhl., Hyaliodes vitripennis Say. Episcopus ornatus Uh., Ilnacora stalii Reut., Pilophorus bifasciatus Fab, Malacocoris irroratus Say, Garganus fusiformis Say, Halticus uhleri Giard, Styphrosoma stygica Say, Neoborus laetus Uhl., Plagiognathus obscurus Uhl., Plagiognathus sp., Agalliastes associatus, Uhl. ”