Xuphar advena. var. minor, known heretofore only 



from Litchfield, V V. 



Potamogetou obtusifolius. 



( Sarex houghbonii, abundant. 



Bfonotropa hypopitj s. 



Jnncofi stygius. 



Aspidinm fragrans, at BaSBWOOd lake. 



Liitorrlla lacustris, at Basswood lake, jusl inside the 

 International Boundary. 

 To these may be added Oarex pinguisnt to., 0. adnata, var. 

 glomerate . 0.' arctata - flexilia (C. knieskernii), and Salix 

 lucida var. serissima. n. var. This variety of Salix lncida occnre 

 at Lansing, Mich., and Ithaca. New York. 

 The Leading fores! tiers of the region arc: 



Bed pine — Finns resinosa. 



Arbor vita* — Thuya occidentalis. 



White pine — Pious strobus. 



Balsam poplar — Popnlns balsamifera. 



Aspen — P. tremuloides, more arboreal than 1 have 

 ever seen it elsewhere. 



Ashes — Fraxinus americana and F. pubescens, 

 always small. 



Sugar maple — Acer Baccharinum, local. 



Red and silver maples — A. rubrum and A. dasyeai 

 puni. rare and small. 



Burr oak — Quercns niaerocarpa, local and small. 



Basswood — Tilia americana. not common. 



Elm — Ulmus americana, not common. 



Tamarack — Larix americana and 



Black spruce — Abies nigra, are common every- 

 where in swamps. 



Paper birch — Bctula papyrifera. very abundant. 



Yellow birch — Betnla lutea, a single tree found 



midway between Vermilion lake and the International 



Boundary: it is rather common southwards toward 



Agate bay. 



The finite of tin- region are few, and mostly poor. The best 



are the blaeberries, chiefly Vaooiniam pennsylvanicum, which 

 grow very large and are tender and aromatic. On Hunter's 

 island, in the International chain, fruits of this plant often 

 measured one ami two- thirds inches in circumference and the 

 plants were wonderfully productive. The tnm Pragaria virgin- 

 iana is occasionally met with, and its fruits are always large and 



