A FAMOUS WOODLAND DESTROYED 



/^"\XE of the few remaining' tracts of native woodland in 

 ^-^ Northern Illinois is rapidly falling before the attacks 

 of the lumberman. This forest, which has been carefully pre- 

 served since the days of the pioneers, consists of several 

 hundred acres of ash, maple, elm, basswood, walnut, butter- 

 nut, cherry, papaw, hackberry, oak and other broadleaved 

 trees. In the shelter of these grow immense colonies of hepat- 

 icas, spring beauties, spring cress, bloodroot, Canada ginger, 

 Jack-in-the-pulpit, Dutchman's breeches, squirrel corn, tooth- 

 wort, yellow and white adder's-tongues, phlox, collinsia, pol- 

 emonium, three trilliums, including T. declinatum, bellworts, 

 many violets, etc. In the early spring" the ground is literally 

 carpeted with flowers. It is no exaggeration to say that one 

 cannot move about in the woods without treading on them. 

 Our illustration will give some idea of the abundance and 

 luxuriance of the spring flora in this region. 



The uprooting of these multitudes of plants should give 

 food for thought to those sentimental plant protectionists who 



