of veiretntiiin. Iie;iutitully illusti atcs tlu" nltinijite fate of the entire hndy 

 of water. The outler. which tiow from this arm at its southern emh lias 

 become so thoroii.ahl.v choked up witli vegetation at its be,a"innin.t;- that tlie 

 water has Lirown almost stagnant and the lake flora is gradually working- 

 its way up the stream. Fig. 1 shows part of this arm in the left fore- 

 ground and the lilies at the enli'ance to the outlet. With the exception of 

 this arm the lake vegetation is most luxuriant near the southwest slioi'e 



Fig. 1. View across the lake to the east. The general basin form is distinguislicd. The 

 highlands can be seen in the background. Tongues of land are seen being reclaimed from 

 the lake bottom. On the right is the outlet to the Tippecanoe. Zones of white and yellow 

 water lilies in the foreground, followed by cat-tails and sedges. Zones of willows, Carolina 

 rose and osier dogwood are in the center, while to the right is an oak and hickory forest. 

 On the left is a swamp meadow. 



This is perhaps explained by the fact tliat the winds in this region are 

 from the southwest. The greatest wash of the waves is toward the east 

 and northeast, and here, as we might expect, we And the greatest dearth 

 of plants and plant growth. This southwest beach is overlaid with muck. 

 a natural result of the decay of plants along its margin. 



At some places around the lake, notably in the same arm. the Iml- 

 ruslies are followed by the cat-tails iTypha latifoliai with sedges and 

 grasses on the shore beyond. This is shown in Fig. 1, at the left. Oa 



