FLOWERING PLANTS OF HENRY COUNTY. 
BY J. M. LINDLY. 
Henry county is the second from the Mississippi river on 
the east and the second county north of the Misssouri state 
line on the south, thus placing it in the southeast part of 
the state of Iowa. 
Fully one-half, possibly two-thirds, of the county was 
originally timberland. The remainder is high rolling 
prairies. 
Beginning near the northwest corner of the county^ 
Skunk river flows southward along the boundary between 
Henry and Jefferson counties, alternating first in one 
county and then in the other, for a distance of twelve 
miles, when it takes a southeast course across the southern 
portion of the county, leaving it about two miles west of 
the southeast corner. The timber belt of Skunk river in 
this part of the state ranged in width from ten to fifteen 
miles. While passing through this county. Skunk river 
receives three tributaries worthy of mention. Big creek. 
Big Cedar creek and Mud creek. 
Big creek describes a semi-circle and, with its branches, 
Brush creek, South Branch Big creek, North Branch Big 
creek, Linn creek and Brandywine creek with its branch, 
Little Potomac creek, occupies the south central portion of 
the county. Big creek and most of its branches were 
originally wooded with a belt from one-half to two miles 
in width. 
Big Cedar creek enters Henry county from Jefferson 
county near the southwest corner of the former and flows 
north into Skunk River. The timber along this stream 
was from two to four miles in width. 
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