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jUkll'.S lo INDIAN CORN. 



'I'Ik! IllinoiH HUdo, MntomolopjiHt in Ijy law rof|iiin'(l to irivJiHli^uto 

 " l,li() (;iil,oni()l(ifi;y ol' llliiioiH," ;i,(i(i pju'tjciiljirly to Hl.mly " ihc lii.sl-ory ol" 

 i}l(5 iriH(!(;l,H injiirioiiH t,o \,\\('- piodiicl,:; of LIk; lH)fl/Ktiill,iii-i;il,;i ;i,ii<l ;ij';ri('ul- 

 luriHl/H of l-li(; hI,ji,I,<!/' jukI lo |»r(;|);i,n! " i-c-poils of his rcsciifclics ;i,M(1 (IIh- 

 (!ov(:ri(!H in (witornolo^y i<>v imldif-aUoM by l,li(! hUiU'.." Wliilc; Uk; (ruiiri 

 «;li(| of his Hl.iidicH ::hoiil(i IJiii.s l)(; ccoiioirrK;, Um; whoN; Hijl>j(!C,l- of l-ho 

 (•tit()iiiolo;.';y ol' lllitioi;-. ii-i ii(!V(;fl,h(tl(;MH opciii l,o his inv(!Hl,i>^;i,l,ioti luui 

 vi'.\)(>vi. The ;i,(| ViUic(!iti(!iil, oF <;iil,oiMolo^y ji,h ii H(;i(!li(;(! iirid l,h<', iu|ji,|)- 

 bilioii of (:iil()ln(»lo;'icjiJ knowlcdf.x; l,o (KllKtational UHOH, if iiol. hi;; (hily, 

 iivi'. t\\(rA.v\y wilJiiii l'h(! ^ciictniJ \'n'.\(\ of hJH privil(!^(!. 1 h.'ivf; accordingly, 

 in Ui(! pi<'.|)!U'iil,ion of Uiin rcpcttl, l,M,kcn inl,o «'Hp(;('iMl ii,c(!oiinl, l,h<! ciipidly 

 fisinji; inl,(;rcMl, in n;i,l,nr<; Hl-mly as ii nsftfnl f(;;d,iuc of Um; woik of l,h(! 

 <;i(!ni<!nl,;i,ry H(;h(»ol, ;uid I have; ;i,v;iii(!d niy:;«!lf of Uic opporl,unil,y l,o 

 in<t()rpora,l,(! into l.hc prci.scwd, discijuHion nnich niiiU-cr of hl,lJ<; or no 

 (•(;onotrii(; inl.crc.sl,, liiil. woiiJiy of [)r(!H(;nl/al-ion, n(;v<!iUi(!i(!MH, an niaUjrial 

 of vidin! to l,h(! public school l,(!;i,cli<;r in K<!iU'(;li of infofni.'iiion cofic(;rtiin^ 

 t,li(! conunon(;r ohjccl/S of his n(;iji;hl)orhood. 



TIk; coiti pljinl, is so conspicur)U:i ;i, f(!;i,l,in<; in l,h(; ;i|/;cicnll,in(;, ;i,nd 

 honc(! in 1\h'. civili/Jil/ion, of Illinois Uial \\> nujsl, iiJwJiys Ix; an ;i,l,l,r;icl,iv(5 

 Hul)j(!(!l/ of study l,o Ui(! youlJi of ihc hI,;i,U!, and suib'i,l)l(; in n, nnill,il,ud(5 

 ol" caWiH for us(! in IJk- public :;chools. bike; niosf of l\\(', l;i,r^(;r Ji,nd more; 

 abundiiJit pkuil-s, if dniws fo il,s(!lf u, cotisid(!r:i,bl(! ji,HS(;tribl!i/f(! of ins(;c,tH 

 wlii<th find in il, various al,tracl,ions iuid jidvatibif^cs coniribul/ui^ lo 

 lJi(;ir niM,inl,('na,nc(; or- IJicir phtasiu'c, and which UiuH, by Ui<;ir (tonunon 

 inl,(;r<!sl in Uiis one, ^nra,!, plant,, comk; lo form a kind of assortiaU! ^roiip, 

 the, {jjroiip of th<; corn inHcria. V(;ry f(rw of tlxrin arc p<!(!uliar to th<! corn 

 plant, alone;, sinc(; n(;a,rly aJI of t,ln;in arc, ('(luaJly or (;vcn nior(; sl,ron^ly 

 at,t,ra,ct,(;d t,o otJu-r |)lanl-s as well. Many of th(;ni, indcicd, bclr»nji; to a 

 consid<;ra,blr; ninnbcr of such planlr ins(;ct j'Toups, visitiufi; or liviuf/; on 

 many ol,h(;r plant, species, c,ult,iva,ted ami wild. 



Not, one of them i;-; inune(|ia,l,(;ly b(;n(;(icial l,o t,lie corn pla,nt il,self, 



