ustris* Small trees and shrubs are represented by one or more 

 species of Crataegus, scattered in pastures. The commonest 

 herbs recognizable in October seem to be as follows : — 



(Asclepias Syriaca) 

 (Taraxacum officinale) 

 (Achillea Millefolium) 

 (Dipsacus sylvestris) 

 (Verbascum Thapsus) 

 Typha angustifolia 



(Melilotus alba) 

 (Daucus Carota) 

 (Solidago Canadensis?) 

 Aster oblongifolius? 

 (Arctium minus) 

 (Linaria vulgaris) 

 Fragaria Virginiana 



In the more hilly areas the woods are usually denser and not 

 pastured so much. The commonest plants between Ridgetown 

 and Brownsville (mostly in Elgin County) seem to be as follows: 



Trees 

 Ulmus Americana 

 Acer Saccharum 

 Fagus grandifolia 

 Quercus macrocarpa 

 Acer saccharinum? 

 Castanea dentata 

 Fraxinus Americana 

 Acer rubrum 



Small Trees 

 (Populus tremuloides) 



Shrubs 

 (Rhus typhina) 

 Salix (perhaps several species) 



Herbs 



(Solidago Canadensis?) 

 (Achillea Millefolium) 

 (Daucus Carota) 

 (Melilotus alba) 

 (Linaria vulgaris) 

 Spartina Michauxiana 

 Aster oblongifolius? 

 Fragaria Virginiana 

 (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) 



(Verbascum Thapsus) 

 Between Brownsville and Welland, the region of comparatively 

 poor soil and clear streams, (mostly in Oxford, Norfolk and Hald- 

 imand Counties), the species of the following list are most con- 

 spicuous if 



*C. K. Dodge, in Rep. Mich. Acad. Sci. 16: 135. 1915, has Hsted in ap- 

 proximate order of abundance the commonest trees in Lambton County, 

 which is in the lake plains just north of Kent, and he also puts Ulmus Amer- 

 icana at the head of the list, 



fAlthough the underlying rock is mapped as mostly limestone (Devonian 

 west of Hagersville and Silurian east of there), no lime-loving plants were 

 noticed, unless Thuya and Melilotus are so classed. 



