174 AUTUMN NOTES IN IOWA 



20. Nightshade, Black. Solanum nigrum. 13. 



21. Poppy ]\Iallow, Purple. Callirhoe involucrata. 

 20. 



22. Ruellia, Hairy. Ruellia ciliosa. 6. 



23. Sage, Lance-leaved. Salvia lanceolata. 18. 



24. Sage, Pitcher's. Salvia azurea. 17. 



25. Sandbur. Solanum rostratum. 24. 



26. Spurge, White-margined. Euphorbia marginata. 

 20. 



27. Sunflower, Stiff-haired. Helianthus hirsutus. 



28. Tickseed, Tall. Coreopsis tripteris. 22. 



29. Trailing Wild Rose. Strophostyles helvola. 4. 



30. Umbrella-wort, Hairy ( ?). Oxybaphus hirsutus 

 (?), possibly albidus. 11. 



18. Notes from William Savage's Diaries for October. 



1855. (William Savage arrived in Iowa, reaching 

 Salem by stage from Burlington. His Iowa journals be- 

 gin this same month.) 



1857. 9. Days very warm and nights very cool. 



Caught a coon in steel trap in my corn- 

 Went to see the shooting match. 

 Went to mill. 



House raising at neighbor's. 

 Mowed fence corners; then came first 



Got white oak bark for John. 

 Watch treed a skunk up a jack oak by 

 house ; got up and struck a light, but could not see what 

 it was. 



