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  BOTANICAL 
  GAZETTE. 
  

  

  [ 
  November, 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  contiguous 
  slopes 
  and 
  rolled 
  into 
  the 
  valley, 
  or 
  left 
  to 
  

   accumulate 
  one 
  above 
  the 
  other 
  as 
  the 
  softer 
  earth 
  has 
  been 
  

   carried 
  to 
  a 
  lower 
  level. 
  ^Valkin|r 
  over 
  these 
  one 
  hears 
  the 
  

   water 
  making 
  its 
  way 
  among 
  them 
  beneath 
  his 
  feet, 
  out 
  of 
  

   sight 
  and 
  often 
  out 
  of 
  reach 
  should 
  he 
  seek 
  a 
  cooling 
  draught, 
  

   Here, 
  as 
  in 
  northern 
  Michigan, 
  when 
  the 
  timber 
  is 
  removed, 
  

   if 
  the 
  soil 
  is 
  not 
  too 
  sand}', 
  a 
  growth 
  of 
  maples 
  soon 
  springs 
  

   up, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  sandy 
  and 
  rocky 
  soils 
  one 
  of 
  oaks, 
  the 
  damp 
  

   lands 
  of 
  either 
  kind 
  yielding 
  one 
  of 
  poplar. 
  

  

  Vermilion 
  Lake 
  is 
  a 
  stretch 
  of 
  water 
  about 
  as 
  irregular 
  in 
  

   outline 
  as 
  can 
  w^ell 
  be 
  imagined. 
  - 
  - 
  ■ 
  - 
  

   maybe 
  described 
  as 
  amoebiform. 
  Abouiiuu.g 
  m 
  i^i.i 
  

   rocks, 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  covered 
  with 
  trees, 
  and 
  with 
  long 
  

  

  of 
  land 
  jutting 
  into 
  "' 
  " 
  

  

  any 
  part 
  of 
  its 
  shores 
  or 
  surface. 
  Yet 
  it 
  furnishes 
  many 
  de- 
  

  

  ightful 
  views 
  from 
  its 
  waters 
  or 
  the 
  surrounding 
  shores 
  and 
  

  

  heights. 
  Passing 
  over 
  it 
  by 
  boat 
  these 
  views 
  are 
  continu- 
  

  

  I 
  a 
  length 
  of 
  thirty 
  miles, 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  

   nave, 
  including 
  its 
  island 
  shores, 
  a 
  coast 
  line 
  of 
  more 
  than 
  two 
  

   hundred 
  miles. 
  Two 
  streams 
  enter 
  it 
  at 
  Tower, 
  East 
  

   1 
  wo 
  Kivers 
  and 
  West 
  Two 
  Rivers. 
  These' 
  offer 
  reaches 
  

   ot 
  marshy 
  and 
  overflowed 
  land, 
  as 
  they 
  bring 
  do^vn 
  

   me 
  sediment 
  and 
  gradually 
  fill 
  the 
  lake 
  at 
  this 
  point, 
  - 
  

   mouths 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  streams 
  being 
  near 
  each 
  other. 
  Through 
  

   tnese 
  low 
  flats 
  of 
  aquatic 
  plants 
  the 
  streams 
  wind 
  with 
  aslug- 
  

   gisn 
  current, 
  in 
  marked 
  contrast 
  to 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  flow 
  when 
  the 
  

   rocKs 
  of 
  the 
  surrounding 
  ^-oods 
  are 
  reached. 
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   larger 
  stream 
  to 
  examine 
  and 
  collect 
  the 
  plants, 
  the 
  ride 
  

   came 
  to 
  a 
  sudden 
  end 
  when 
  this 
  b 
  ^ 
  • 
  - 
  

  

  As 
  depicted 
  on 
  a 
  map 
  it 
  

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  in 
  islands 
  and 
  

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  covered 
  with 
  trees, 
  and 
  with 
  long 
  tongues 
  

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  it, 
  not 
  much 
  of 
  it 
  is 
  visible 
  at 
  once 
  from 
  

   res 
  or 
  surface. 
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  it 
  furnishes 
  many 
  de- 
  

  

  the 
  

  

  c 
  ^0 
  a^sudden 
  end 
  when 
  this 
  boundary 
  was 
  attained. 
  

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  of 
  the 
  country 
  at 
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  just 
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  in 
  northern 
  Michigan, 
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  mode 
  of 
  growth 
  is 
  almost 
  ide 
  

  

  