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  BOTANICAL 
  GAZETTE. 
  

  

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  tian 
  are 
  skirted 
  along 
  the 
  shore 
  by 
  the 
  sandstones 
  of 
  Lake 
  

   bupei-ior, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  sandy 
  reaches 
  with 
  a 
  correspondinij 
  

   modification 
  of 
  the 
  flora 
  of 
  the 
  lakes 
  with 
  much 
  the 
  same 
  

   taaes 
  as 
  seen 
  m 
  analogous 
  cases 
  bv 
  Lake 
  Michigan, 
  except 
  

   Its 
  more 
  northerly 
  coast. 
  Close 
  to 
  "the 
  city 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  is 
  a 
  

   tract 
  of 
  Red 
  Pine. 
  The 
  groves 
  of 
  this 
  pine, 
  with 
  their 
  park- 
  

   iike 
  appearance, 
  are 
  always 
  attractive, 
  though 
  too 
  clean 
  to 
  

   turnish 
  much 
  variety 
  to 
  the 
  collector 
  of 
  plants. 
  All 
  is 
  open 
  

   beneath 
  the 
  straight, 
  trim 
  trunks, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  stillness 
  

   almost 
  to 
  loneliness 
  except 
  for 
  the 
  sighing 
  of 
  the 
  winds 
  

   among 
  the 
  leaves, 
  which 
  tends 
  to 
  intensity 
  the 
  feeling. 
  With- 
  

   out 
  bushes 
  to 
  obstruct 
  the 
  view, 
  or 
  impede 
  progress, 
  one 
  can 
  

   iide 
  or 
  drive 
  almost 
  anywhere 
  except 
  for 
  a 
  fallen 
  tree 
  here 
  

   and 
  there. 
  The 
  ground 
  is 
  matted 
  with 
  a 
  floor 
  of 
  drv 
  needles, 
  

   elastic, 
  clean, 
  and 
  free 
  from 
  dampness, 
  and 
  one 
  can 
  sit 
  or 
  

   le 
  down 
  without 
  danger 
  of 
  cold. 
  But 
  the 
  varietv 
  that 
  is 
  

   ackmg 
  in 
  the 
  grove 
  mav 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  or" 
  swampy 
  

   giound 
  between 
  it 
  and 
  the 
  shore, 
  where 
  ridges 
  of 
  sand 
  alter- 
  

  

  its 
  ^n 
  •' 
  ^^^^^' 
  ^^ 
  grassy 
  sloughs, 
  then 
  come 
  the 
  beach 
  and 
  

   . 
  outlying 
  rocks. 
  Here 
  is 
  a 
  sand 
  barren 
  such 
  as 
  are 
  seen 
  

   n 
  many 
  places 
  by 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  lakes. 
  Through 
  

   i^ 
  runs 
  a 
  good 
  road 
  for 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  miles, 
  going 
  north 
  by 
  

   roL 
  I 
  ^^ 
  Pi-esque 
  Isle, 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  

   offp 
  ^"^? 
  ^^^^^ 
  ^°'" 
  ^ 
  P^^'^ 
  '^"^ 
  pleasure 
  drive. 
  Few 
  cities 
  can 
  

   the 
  1 
  I 
  T^ 
  °"^ 
  ^^^ 
  beauty 
  of 
  situation, 
  or 
  for 
  the 
  views 
  of 
  

   mont 
  ■ 
  ^^^ 
  ^^ 
  obtained 
  from 
  it. 
  Presque 
  Isle 
  is 
  a 
  pro- 
  

   hun 
  1 
  5 
  J^^tmg 
  out 
  into 
  the 
  lake, 
  rising 
  to 
  the 
  height 
  of 
  one 
  

  

  sancl 
  f 
  ^^^ 
  ^^'^^ 
  ^^^^' 
  ^^^ 
  ending 
  precipitously 
  in 
  cliffs 
  of 
  

   slon 
  -^ 
  ^"^ 
  eruptive 
  or 
  conglomerate 
  rock. 
  The 
  upward 
  

   shor^ 
  ^^-l^^"''^^' 
  ^"^ 
  ^^^^ 
  ^^^^ 
  makes 
  the 
  circuit 
  of 
  it, 
  near 
  the 
  

   the 
  n 
  ^wlj^'*^ 
  ^^^ 
  sandstone 
  predominates, 
  but 
  forced 
  back 
  on 
  

   ^rown 
  • 
  u^^-^^*^^ 
  ^y 
  ravines 
  and 
  ridges. 
  It 
  is 
  thickly 
  over- 
  

   spersp/^ 
  • 
  1*'"^^^*" 
  ^" 
  ^*^ 
  native 
  wildness, 
  hard 
  woods 
  inter- 
  

   named 
  f 
  • 
  ^-^"^^ 
  ^"^ 
  hemlock. 
  The 
  point 
  is 
  properly 
  

   Superi' 
  J* 
  '^ 
  nearly 
  surrounded 
  bv 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Lake 
  

   crossed 
  ^-^^ 
  ^^' 
  swamps 
  bordering 
  the"" 
  lake 
  and 
  Dead 
  river, 
  

   little 
  ab^"^* 
  before 
  reaching 
  it. 
  Narrow 
  ridges 
  of 
  sand, 
  but 
  

   'he 
  hill 
  ^7^ 
  } 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  swamps, 
  connect 
  its 
  base 
  with 
  

   zens 
  and 
  r^ 
  ^^estward. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  flivorite 
  place 
  to 
  which 
  citi- 
  

   chose 
  t 
  ""'^^^^^^'^ 
  resort 
  for 
  driving 
  and 
  for 
  pleasure, 
  but 
  I 
  

   aloncr 
  th 
  ^^ 
  ^y 
  trips 
  on 
  foot, 
  as 
  detours 
  were 
  possible 
  

   ^'oods 
  M^°^*^ 
  ^y 
  foot-paths 
  leading 
  into 
  the 
  adjoining 
  

   but 
  ther 
  ^^^ 
  °^ 
  *'^^ 
  plants 
  were 
  of 
  kinds 
  previously 
  seen, 
  

  

  e 
  Were 
  enough 
  strange 
  ones 
  to 
  give 
  zest 
  to 
  the 
  work. 
  

  

  