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  1890. 
  J 
  BOTANICAL 
  GAZETTE- 
  141 
  

  

  inecl, 
  either 
  new 
  to 
  me 
  or 
  interesting 
  for 
  study 
  and 
  preserva- 
  

  

  tion. 
  

  

  J 
  

  

  ber 
  6. 
  The 
  localities 
  visited 
  were 
  the 
  Marquette 
  iron 
  re- 
  

  

  gion 
  

  

  & 
  

  

  Ke 
  

  

  M.....^ 
  

  

  copper 
  region 
  of 
  Portage 
  Lake 
  and 
  vicinity 
  ; 
  and 
  a 
  portion 
  

   of 
  the 
  iron 
  region 
  of 
  Vermilion 
  Lake, 
  at 
  Tower, 
  Minn., 
  

   with 
  the 
  addition 
  already 
  mentioned 
  in 
  eastern 
  Minnesota. 
  

   Strictly 
  speaking 
  the 
  district 
  about 
  Vermilion 
  Lake 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  Lake 
  Superior 
  country, 
  as 
  it 
  belongs 
  to 
  that 
  which 
  

   drains 
  northward 
  into 
  Hudson's^Bay. 
  But 
  in 
  the 
  language 
  

   of 
  the 
  miners 
  and 
  lumbermen, 
  who 
  carry 
  on 
  its 
  two 
  principal 
  

   industries, 
  it 
  is 
  included, 
  since 
  its 
  commercial 
  outlet 
  is 
  Lake 
  

   Superior. 
  A 
  large 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Marquette 
  iron 
  district 
  is 
  also 
  

   exterior 
  to 
  the 
  basin 
  of 
  Lake 
  Superior, 
  belonging 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  

   Lake 
  Michigan, 
  but 
  is 
  included 
  for 
  a 
  like 
  reason. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  principal 
  objects 
  in 
  visiting 
  these 
  localities 
  was 
  

   the 
  comparative. 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  flora 
  of 
  Lake 
  Superior 
  and 
  that 
  

   of 
  Lake 
  Michigan. 
  As 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  latter 
  lake 
  is 
  concerned, 
  

   my 
  work 
  in 
  past 
  years 
  has 
  been 
  distributed 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  way 
  as 
  

   to 
  be 
  made 
  continuous 
  with 
  its 
  length 
  with 
  immaterial 
  excep- 
  

   tions. 
  Its 
  north 
  and 
  south 
  direction 
  furnishes 
  an 
  opportunity 
  

   to 
  study 
  plants 
  varying 
  from 
  those 
  of 
  middle 
  temperate 
  to 
  the 
  

   sub-alpine. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  1883 
  several 
  w^eeks 
  were 
  employed 
  in 
  a 
  

   similar 
  way 
  in 
  the 
  Menominee 
  iron 
  region, 
  and 
  the 
  most 
  im- 
  

   portant 
  results 
  were 
  published 
  soon 
  after 
  in 
  the 
  Botanical 
  

   Gazette. 
  It 
  is 
  only 
  a 
  little 
  farther 
  to 
  the 
  Marquette 
  district. 
  

   We 
  are 
  there 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  w^aters 
  of 
  the 
  Escanaba 
  and 
  the 
  

   Michigamme, 
  the 
  main 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  Menominee, 
  which 
  

   chiefly 
  drain 
  it, 
  and 
  pass 
  southward 
  into 
  Lake 
  Michigan. 
  

   Dead 
  river 
  and 
  Carp 
  river, 
  that 
  go 
  eastward 
  into 
  Lake 
  Su- 
  

   perior, 
  are 
  but 
  minor 
  streams. 
  All 
  the 
  collecting 
  in 
  the 
  Mar- 
  

   quette 
  district, 
  except 
  immediately 
  around 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Mar- 
  

   quette, 
  was 
  about 
  the 
  head 
  waters 
  of 
  these 
  streams. 
  Here 
  is 
  

   the 
  highest 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  basin 
  of 
  Lake 
  Michigan, 
  Michigamm^e 
  

   Lake 
  being 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  thousand 
  feet 
  above 
  its 
  level. 
  It 
  is 
  

   only 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  beyond 
  to 
  the 
  watershed 
  of 
  Lake 
  Superior, 
  

   formed 
  by 
  the 
  low 
  ridge 
  of 
  the 
  Huron 
  Mountains, 
  about 
  1,800 
  

   feet 
  above 
  sea-level, 
  and 
  the 
  highest 
  land 
  in 
  Michigan. 
  

   Short 
  streams 
  come 
  down 
  their 
  southern 
  slope 
  to 
  the 
  Esca- 
  

   naba 
  and 
  Lake 
  Michigamme, 
  the 
  Bi-ji-ki 
  being 
  the 
  largest 
  

   one. 
  The 
  Escanaba 
  .rises 
  close 
  by, 
  the 
  eastern 
  afl^uent 
  of 
  

   the 
  lake 
  being 
  a 
  mere 
  brook 
  barely 
  a 
  mile 
  in 
  length. 
  Hard 
  

  

  