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THE FLORA OF SOUTHERN IOWA. 
BY T. J, AND M. F. L. FITZPATRICK. 
II. 
On June 20, 1898, the first writer of this article started over- 
land from Lamoni to Council Bluffs, in company with Prof. J. 
T. Pence. The route taken passed through the west side of 
Decatur county to Hopeville, in the southwest part of Clarke 
county, thence bearing west to Afton in Union county, on to 
Creston in the same county. As near as practicable the line of 
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railway was followed 
through Adams county, bearing southward with the railway to 
Villisca and northward to Red Oak in Montgomery county. 
Prom Red Oak a nearly northerly direction was taken until into 
Pottawattamie county, then westward to Wheeler and north- 
westward to Carson, where the overland trip, as far as this 
article is concerned, ended. Carson was reached June 24th. 
The five days of the journey were filled with frequent stops in 
order to collect by the wayside and from adjoining groves and 
fields. A week was spent at Carson collecting in the immedi- 
ate vicinity and in Wheeler’s grove. 
On July 25th, the writer in company with J. P. Anderson, 
an ex-student of the Nebraska State University, left Lamoni in 
a covered wagon for an overland trip to Nebraska City, Neb. 
The route taken beyond Decatur county, was through the 
southern portions of Ringgold, Taylor, Page and Fremont 
counties, passing through in succession Caledonia, Redding, 
Blockton, Bedford, Shambaugh, Coin, Riverton, through the 
hills west of Riverton and across the valley to Nebraska City, 
Neb. An entire week was taken for the journey. Material 
was collected from the waysides and adjoining streams or occa- 
sionally covering the rougher uplands. Prom Nebraska City 
