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"Marsh Flora." if we may so call it, will have disappeared from Indiana. Al- 

 ready many of the plants, once common, are rare and restricted to isolated areas; 

 the natural habitat being destroyed, the extermination of plants naturally follows. 

 In my own numerous excursions I have, in many instances, lieen unable to find 

 more than one or two specimens of certain species after three seasons of close 

 search. The reports of other observers in different parts of the State show a sim- 

 ilar result. Even now the swamps and bogs mentioned in this paper are being 

 ditched and drained, and in a very short time the last vestiges of a once common 

 flora will have disappeared. 



The flora of the uplands, with, perhaps, a few exceptions, is in no immediate 

 danger of extinction. It will be many years before the comparatively barren oak 

 flats and oak ridges will be brought under cultivation, and even then species will 

 continue to lead a more or less precarious existence in waste places and along 

 fence rows. Species with showy flowers, or those that are useful, are among the 

 iirst to disappear; this being especially true of the flora of lakes visited by sum- 

 mer tourists. 



A few remarks on the location and general surroundings of the chief localities 

 embraced in this paper will render unnecessary in the notes extended references to 

 localities, which would otherwise be frequent. For instance, "Swamp east of 

 Lake Cicott" refers to one definite locality, as described below. 



Lake Cicott is located near the western border of Cass County, about eight 

 miles west of Logansport. At present it is an oval body of water less than half a 

 mile in length, east to west. Formerly it was much larger, with an irregular 

 shore line. The north and south banks are high, even bluffy; those on the east 

 and west low and flat. There is no outlet, but in the event of high water the ex- 

 cess would drain into Crooked Creek, a mile to the east. The recession of the 

 water has been in the west, and this portion is now dry and covered by a dense 

 growth of weeds, chiefly ragweed and smartweeds. The water is very clear and 

 contains few aquatics. The soil of the neighborhood is sandy, a fine-grained 

 a?olian sand with little lime, and with a vegetation characteristic to such soils, 

 chiefly oak, with an entire absence of beech. The country is gently rolling, be- 

 coming level to the west and north. The railroad station at the lake is Cicott, 

 also spelled Ciecott. 



Swamp East of Lake Cicott is situated about one mile due east of the 

 lake, and marks approximately the boundary between the sandy lands on the west 

 and the glacial drift soils on the east. At present it is reduced to a few acres, and 

 is being rapidly encroached upon by drainage, and will soon cease to be. The 

 number of rare species found in it is remarkable; some were seen nowhere else. 

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