1888. ] 
BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 239 
_ The following southern plants were found on the west 
side and not on the east: 
Acer dasycarpum Ebrh, - Ulmus fulva Michx. 
Rubus occidentalis L. Ulmus racemosa Thomas 
Sa 8 Canadensis L. Adiantum pedatum LL, 
Sassafras officinale Nees. 
These lists, so far as they go, support the prevailing be- 
lief that the west side of the state has the milder climate, a 
view based upon the fact that tender fruits thrive better on 
the west than on the east. 
[No discussion. ] 
ee : ba- 
Present may be the third or fourth sprout, 1t 18 at Patt the 
te ee . rned over 
€xamining ‘* stump lands” which had just been Posed found 
coming up from the stumps or roots, 
locks.“ Older stump lands show the s 
deciduous trees, however, being larger. nd growth is still 
“*jack-pine plains,” where the aps cee of plants are 
