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cleared, and pastured and mown so tliat little Is left bnt the sedges. Part 

 of it is covered densely with willoAvs. It is not different in appearance 

 from other portions of tlie lake plain, and is different in vegetation only in 

 that in the wet portion adjacent to the lake two Uiricidarias are found 

 among the sedges, one. I . luJfiaris sparsely, and probably left by the lake 

 as it retreated after a Hood, and the otlier, U. hiteniieiJid, forming a dense 

 and continuous mat over the ground. Here, too. is a large cat-tail and 

 bur-reed marsh, and the bottom of the ground among these plants is 

 thickly covered witli moss, a long, briglit green species. Wild senna is 

 abundant in this place. The open plain continues until near the outlet, 

 ■where it has never been cleared, and consists of a dense willow thicket. 

 The plain on the western side of the lake is cleared, and at one place ex- 

 tends through a n;irrow neck between the hills for a considerable distance 

 from the lake. 



The lake i)lain along tlie nortlii'rn slune is so niucli like that of the 

 other part that no detailed description neetl be given, except to say that 

 that portion along the neck of the lake, that is, the western end. is still a 

 willow tliiiker, while tl'.e remain<ler is cleared. In the direction of War- 

 saw, ahnig the middle i)art of the north shore of the lake, the hills make 

 a large loop, so that tlie lake plain spreads out into a large round bay, 

 with a narrow neck or cli;uniel. Here is one large and many small tama- 

 rack trees and many .-ilders. The ground, liowcver. is tolerably dry and 

 there is no marsh in tliis region. One liuiicli of i^j)hnf/iuim was found 

 growing higli and diy at the foot of tlie liills in tlie saiul.v grinnnl, forming 

 a tussock around the liase of a tree. The plain narrows as one goes east- 

 ward imtil the liiiis nearly reacli the lake near tlie railroad station at 

 Winona. 



From Eagle Lake, toward ^^■arsaw. extends an interesting stretch of 

 level ground. The surface is higlier tlian that of the plain, but it is 

 swampy and mucky. Part of this was once an old tamarack marsh; and, 

 althougli no _t;iiiiarack trees remain, it still abounds in SpfuKjuiim, choke 

 berries, chain fern, hispid dewberries and hucklebeiTies. It has probably 

 once been the home of many of those interesting plaxitS' generally found in 

 tamaraclc marshes — pitcher plants, orchids of various species, cranberries, 

 and perhaps droseras. 



At this place the railroad intersecting the region brings in its inter- 

 esting accompaniment of introduced plants. Among these are Liipinus 

 pcre)i)ilf<. sqnirrel-tail grass, SuLwhi Icali. and so on. 



