112 SUMMER IN A BOG. 



This article, under the title, "An Ecological 

 Study of Buckeye Lake," illustrated and at 

 greater length, appears in the "Proceedings of 

 the Ohio Academy of Science," in pamphlet 

 form, a valuable addition to the student's 

 sources of instruction which should be placed 

 in every college and high school in Ohio, at 

 least. 



There are National flowers and State flowers 

 by selection. Towns and cities also have a 

 prevalent flower, either native or adopted. The 

 city of Buffalo, N. Y., has the Marguerite or 

 white, ox-eye daisy. It pervades the streets 

 and suburbs, trailing off into the country. It 

 has become such a pest to the farmer that they 

 have a stringent law against it. 



In St. Louis, Mo., the hoary vervain, with 

 soft, velvety leaves, pervades the vacant lots 

 and waste places. 



Cleveland has the Saponaria, or Bouncing 

 Bet. It is a fresh, pink-^and-white, decorative 

 flower, growing everywhere. The little children 

 love it; they will stop in their play to gather 

 a bunch. I often did the same thing myself. 

 It covers the cinder banks along the railroad at 

 the entrance into the city. It is on the side^ 

 walks and in the parks. 



I do not know of any flower more prevalent 

 in my own home town, London, 0., than the 



