NOTE. 
The study of Big Spring Prairie, upon which this 
paper is based, was carried on under two grants of 
twenty-five dollars each from the Emerson McMillin 
Research Fund, and the expense of publication is met 
by the further aid of the same fund. 
WILLIAM R. LAZENBY, 
F. M. WEBSTER, 
JOHN H. SCHAFFNER, 
Trustees. 
