BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 225 
The Menominee Iron Region and its Flora.—Il. 
BY E. J. HILL, 
Leaving Escanaba the next morning, I went from this im- 
portant shipping port for iron to the iron region proper. The 
a low ridge running a little north of west, in which most of the 
iron mines of the Menominee are found. To the west is Iron 
rapids and falls and wild gorges, particularly where it cuts through 
the adjoining quartzites lying northward. South of the ridge 
the land is mostly a pine plain. On the north slope, and in the 
valley of Pine River, a branch of the Sturgeon from the west, 
the land is richer, and the hard woods are more abundant, 3s 
well as on the less sandy parts of the range itself and the quartz- 
ite formation. : 
The three lakes already mentioned are but a short distance 
from Quinnesec, and easily reached on foot or by cars. The out- 
lets of Lakes Antoine and Fumee cross the southern barrier and 
enter the Menominee. Lake Hanbury lies south of the range, 
hence the botanical collector gets a varied field for examination. 
