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Stop occasionally and build a section of road for even a Ford to 

 traverse in dry weather. It takes a lively imagination to even suppose 

 such a road. 



Our Masonic brethren took a lively interest in us while we were 

 there, and invited us one evening to the dedication of the new temple 

 at Richland Center. Needless to say we had a fine time. Usually our 

 evenings were pretty well filled, because the care of specimens, chang- 

 ing driers and such, took until about ten-thirty p. m. so that we might 

 have the boards clear for the next morning. Then, too, time must be 

 saved each evening to enter the day's results in our trip narrative book 

 and to complete all records. 



Viroqua is in the heart of the tobacco district and fields of tobacco 

 encroach on the city limits. Such natural vistas as we had from the 

 surrounding ridges were much appreciated. There were several curi- 

 ous forms of rock left standing in unexpected places. The Three 

 Chimneys north of town and the Monument Rock south of town are 

 doubtless known to many tourists. We found a fertile field for the 

 eye of our camera. Our day with Spellum was the biggest day thus far 

 with 408 sheets collected. He took us to a fine grove of white pine 

 and we saw then for the first time on the trip the Bladder Nut tree 

 (Staphylea trifolia) and the Wahoo (Evonymus atropurpureus). Both 

 of these shrubs or trees are recommended for decorative planting or 

 landscape gardening. We have seen them planted far north in Wis- 

 consin, around Wausau and Green Bay, where they were thriving. 

 They are both meritorious for their winter fruits. The bladders on 

 the bladder nut tree are sometimes over two inches long. The fruit of 

 wahoo is even more interesting than the bittersweet that is so exten- 

 sively sold for winter bouquets. We also brushed around the edge of 

 Crawford county passing through .Soldiers' Grove. The Smooth Goose- 

 berry (Ribes oxyacanthoides) was most abundant around Vernon 

 county, and the bushes were as full as they could stick with ripe berries. 

 We really could have lived on the country. The wild strawberries in 

 the pine forest were the best flavored of anything we had discovered. 



Sunday was a fine day for ducks, but we had gotten to a point 

 where only three new species of plants were to be found in a day, so 

 it was time to move on, rain or no rain. Monday noon, July 17th, we 

 embarked for De Soto, planning to go that way to Prairie du Chien. 

 So we left the comfortable highway 27 and branched out over 101 to De 

 Soto. Here we saw a "for-sure-enough" rough country, with roads not 

 recommended either north or south of there. The rural mail carrier 



