PAPERS OF GENERAL INTEREST 55 



without any facilities such as reserves afford. Thus the 

 general list serves to give us an idea of what should be 

 done in the way of securing the preservation of addi- 

 tional areas. 



It is desirable that State Academies gather all possible 

 information relative to preserved and preservable areas 

 in their respective states. This does not need to be of 

 the nature of an accurate survey. So long as the size 

 and location of the tracts are approximate and the gen- 

 eral character of the vegetation is known, the tracts can 

 be about as well described as the limits of printing de- 

 scriptions will permit. It will be well for academies to 

 print lists of areas suitable for ecological and other bio- 

 logical study and related to the various interests enum- 

 erated on page 47 and circulate them among the people 

 of the state. 



The Ecological Society of America desires to publish 

 a National and International list of Areas suitable for 

 biological study, etc., and will appreciate securing copies 

 of these descriptions. This society desires to publish 

 the list covering all of Xorth America and South Amer- 

 ica to the Equator which is the territory being visited 

 by American scientists at the present tune. A general 

 plan for uniform descriptions and descriptive terms has 

 been worked out and is indicated below. 



1. Preserved Areas. Model Description 



The description below is offered as a model for those 

 describing areas. 



Eiverside Flood Plain and Savanna Forest^ in the 

 Cook County Forest Preserve. About 20 acres along the 

 Desplaines Eiver; t;\incal mature flood plain forest of 

 maple, elm, basswood, walnut and oak — shows succession 

 from middle age to mature stage. Forest edge with sinu- 

 ate outlines, outlying groves; grass covered portions, 

 t^^jical mesophytic prairie ; general aspect characteristic 



Figures in ft. indicate elevation above sea level, 

 t Especially important: should be preserved unmodified. 

 II Hotel or boarding house during touring season only. 

 § Camp outfit desirable; ** camp outfit necessary. 



