THE AMERICAN BOTANIST 13 



As one follows the curves of the road various types of 

 vegetation are presented by the ever-changing contour f)f the 

 grountl. Some of the hills are yet covered with poplar, others 

 ha\ c been cleared for farming. Slopes cleared of timber, 

 still have a covering of wolf berry {Symphoricarpus occidcn- 

 falis) and coarse herbs with occasional larger shrubs. Espec- 

 ially where the hillside has been cut away for the road the 

 dogbane {Apocynum androsaeniifolimn) spreads its branches 

 displying its pretty little pink bells. The smaller depressions 

 are filled with sedges and grasses, somtimes with a starry 

 cover of fleabane {Brigeron philadelphicns). 



The subsidence of a once larger lake has left a low ridge 

 dividing two lakes (or are they ponds) and along this runs the 

 road. The higher part of this ridge is a favorable place for 

 I he vetches, and occasional larger shrubs, cow parsnips ( Her- 

 at Iciaii lanatnm), or other coarse herbs rise above the wolf 

 herrw Coming down the hill and on the ridge, the trees give 

 way allowing a glimpse of the lake. Some places are border- 

 ed with bulrushes from which come the sounds of coot and 

 duck, while terns and gulls hover over the water. 



The photo shows a view along the margin of one of the 

 larger of these little lakes along the road. In the distance is 

 the tree-covered hillside. To the left the road skirts the lake, 

 rising slowly, then turning sharply to mount the hill. Tn 

 front stretches an expanse of shore left by the retreating lake, 

 and this displays a striking zonation. Behind the bare mar- 

 gin for a few feet is little but Ranunculus sceleratus and 

 Rumex persicarioidcs; then scattered among these a band of 

 tall Senocio palustris in full flower. Behind this, bulrushes 

 (Scirpus validns) which in turn give way to a mixture of 

 horsetail and fleabane {Bquisetum hyemale and Erigcron p/iila- 

 dclphicus). Further, are grasses and sedges, with some ree(N 



