NOTE. 



The study of Big Spring Prairie, upon which this 

 paper is based, was carried on under two grants of 

 twenty-five dollars each from the Emerson McMillin 

 Research Fund, and the expense of publication is met 

 by the further aid of the same fund. 



William R. Lazenby, 

 F. M. Webster, 

 John H. Schaffner, 



Trustees. 



