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Alfred Russell Wallace in his work on ' ' Land Nationalization ' ' closes 

 with the following quotation from Mr. J. Boyd Kinnear's " Principles of 

 Property in Land " : " Who does not see how much happier England will 

 be when instead of one great mansion, surrounded by miles beyond miles 

 of one huge property, farmed by the tenants at will of one landlord, tilled 

 by mere laborers, whose youth and manhood know no relaxation from 

 rough mechanical toil, whose old age sees no home but the chance of charity 

 or the certainty of the workhouse, there shall be a thousand estates of 

 varying size, where each owner shall work for himself and his chileren, 

 where the sense of independence shall lighten the burdens of daily toil, 

 where education shall give resources, and the labor of youth shall suffice 

 for the support of age." 



Whatever may be the advisability of nationalizing land, the benefits of 

 occupying ownership are undoubted ; and many of the conditions pictured 

 by Kinnear as ideal actually exist in Guam. In this island little effort 

 is made to accumulate capital in the form of money ; but within late years 

 the attention of every inhabitant has been directed to the planting of 

 coconut groves, the product of which will be a certain means of liveli- 

 hood. And in clearing the forest and establishing his grove the labor 

 of youth will suffice for the support of age. 



[to be continued.] 



The June Flora of the Ocheyedan 



Mound. 



By T. J. FiTZPATRICK. 



About a mile southeast of the village of Ocheyedan (pronounced 

 O-chee-dan) in Osceola County, Iowa, lies a gravel mound known as 

 " Ocheyedan mound." For a long time the summit of this mound has 

 borne the reputation of being the highest point above sea level in Iowa. 

 Its rival is claimed to be the summit of a moraine lying a few miles to 

 the northwest, which may be a few feet higher. 



From the data at hand the summit of the Ocheyedan mound is thought 

 to be 1670 feet above the sea level. Passengers approaching the village 

 from the east over the Rock Island railway see the mound rising abruptly 

 on the southern horizon. The mound is a conspicuous land-mark, seen 

 from afar, and appears abruptly as a little mountain on a drift plain. 

 The mound is really a double one. The major part and the portion 

 usually considered extends in general from the northwest to the south- 

 east. Its length is about two hundred yards and the width not far from 



