138 



cleared and pastured and mown so that little is left but the sedges. Part 

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

 from other portions of the lalce plain, and is diffei'ent in vegetation only In 

 that in the wet portion adjacent to the lake two L'trlcularim are found 

 among the sedges, one. f. nilf/aris sparsely, and probably left by the lalie 

 as it retreated after a flood, and the other, U. intermedia, 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, bright 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 naiTow neck between the hills for a considerable distance 

 from the lake. 



The lake plain along the northern shore is so much like that of the 

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

 that portion along the neck of the lalvc, that is, the western end, is stiU a 

 willow thicket, while the remainder is cleared. In the direction of War- 

 saw, along the middle part of the north shore of the lake, the hills make 

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

 with a narrow neck or channel. Here is one large and many small tama- 

 rack trees and many alders. The ground, however, is tolerably dry and 

 there is no marsh in this region. One bunch of Si)Jta(jni(m was found 

 growing high and diy at the foot of the hills in the sandy ground, forming 

 a tussock around tlie base of a tree. The plain narrows as one goes east- 

 ward until the hilis nearly reach the lalce near the railroad station at 

 Winona. 



From Eagle Lake, toward Warsaw, extends an interesting stretch of 

 level ground. The surface is higher than that of the plain, but it is 

 swampy and mucky. Part of this was once an old tamai'ack marsh; and, 

 although no tamarack trees remain, it still abounds in Sphagnum, choke 

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

 once been the home of many of those intei'esting plants generally found in 

 tamarack 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 Lupinus 

 perennis, squii"rel-tail gi'ass, Salsolu kali, and so on. 



