BOTANY OF LA SALrL,E COUNTY. 



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is stirred, but the Orchids soon disappear when dis- 

 turbed. It is probable that a few years will suffice to 

 destroy some of our most beautiful flowering- plants 

 the Liatri, Castilleia, Gentian. It is much to be re- 

 'gretted that a small tract of land in its natural state 

 could not have been reserved as a park and the native 

 plants g-iven a home secure from the snout of the hog-, 

 the teeth of the sheep, and from fire and the ploug-h. 

 To coming- g-enerations many of them will be thing's 

 of which they have no idea except as it is g-athered 

 from books and poor pictures. 



If we compare our flora with that of a part of north- 

 ern Ohio, lying- near Cleveland, we shall find much 

 that is similar as the following- list will show. The 

 dash indicates that the plant is wanting-. 



Illinois. 



Ohio. 



Climatis Virgin! ana 



Vioraa 



Auirnone Oaroliniana 



Virginiana 



Oylindraca 



Pensylvaniea 



Nemorosa. rare 



Thalictroiiles 



Hopatica vEntitoba 



Acutiloba 



Thai ctrum Dioeum 



Cormuti 



Ranunculus Muttifldus 



Cymbadaria 



A'bortivus 



Far.icularis 



Repens 



Recur vatus 



Myosurus Minimus 



Caltna Pa.ustris 



Aquilegia Ganadensis 



Delphinum Tricorne. rare 



Actea Soicata Var Alba . 



Liriodedron Tulipifera. not native 



and rare 



Asimina Triloba 



Menispermum Canadense 



Berberis Vulgaris 



Jeffenonla Diphylla 



Podophyllum Peltatum 



Triloba 



Rare 



Native, common, 



It will thus be seen that most of our ranunculaceae 

 are found there, but that several plants conspicuous 

 here are wanting- in. that reg-ion. Among- the Violacea 



