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every effort -will be made to make the laboratory of special service to 

 the biologist of the inland states. 



The location is accessible from all parts of the Central West. The 

 climate is healthful and conducive to summer work. 



The flora is one of the richest in the country. According to Mosely's 

 "Sandusky Flora" it contains 300 more species than have been reported 

 from any other locality of like dimensions in the State of Ohio. The flora 

 is also more extensive than that reported from other parts of North 

 America. Most plants native to Ohio, with the exception of those charac- 

 teristic of the Ohio River counties and Sphagnum swamps, are found 

 within the range of the Sandusky Flora. It also includes IGo species not 

 reported in the Canadian catalogue and sixty-seven species not known in 

 Michigan, and many species characteristic of western and southern re- 

 gions. 



This wonderful flora is due largely to the climate and geology, the 

 lake protecting the south shore from the cold winds of the north and thus 

 allo\\ing many southern plants to extend their northern limits. 



The lake, the bays, the marshes, the rivers, the deep ravines, the rocky 

 shore line, the mud and sand beaches, the sand dunes, the various kinds 

 of soil, the prairie, and the woods, all tend to give desirable conditions 

 for this very rich and strilving flora. 



All of tlie above conditions, together with the varied food supply 

 furnished by the rich flora, give an equally varied and remarkable fauna. 



