. The American entomologist. Entomology. ENTOMOLOGIST AND BOTANIST. 313 The loaves are liable to much variation in size and shape, in some cases the lobes being only marked by gentle undulations, in others by sharp and deep notches. The acorn is slioi-t and ovoid, and nearly half covered by the rough- scaled A LIST OF PLANTS The district around Uhicago might scorn lo one not personally acquainted with the country as a poor one for botanical collection, consisting mainly, as it does, ol ilat prairie; but our city botanists familiar with the region, have found it (juite fruitful in species
. The American entomologist. Entomology. ENTOMOLOGIST AND BOTANIST. 313 The loaves are liable to much variation in size and shape, in some cases the lobes being only marked by gentle undulations, in others by sharp and deep notches. The acorn is slioi-t and ovoid, and nearly half covered by the rough- scaled A LIST OF PLANTS The district around Uhicago might scorn lo one not personally acquainted with the country as a poor one for botanical collection, consisting mainly, as it does, ol ilat prairie; but our city botanists familiar with the region, have found it (juite fruitful in species. Taking the city as a centre, within the area of a circle swept by a radius of thirty miles, I am inclined to think a greater variety of plants may be collected than withiu the same space in any other portion of this State. lu the barren sandy soil along Lake Michigan we find plants suggestive of the sea shore, including a number of species limited elsewhere to the Atlantic coast, or the neighborhood of saline deposits in the interior. Passing to the prairie within five or six miles of the city, along the lines of several railroads, where a strip of land has been rescued from tillage and protected from cattle, we may still find the distinctive plants of the prairie in rich profusion. This is peculiarly true of Graceland and Hyde Park suburbs. For the species belonging to the woods and the moist river region we have our choice of following up the north branch of Chicago river, or at a somewhat greater distance, the course of the Des Plaincs. A day's trip to Glencoe takes us to deep ravines with their appropriate plants; while an excursion to Lake Calumet, or the adjoining county of Lake, brings us to a local flora of mnch interest; in the latter case the plants are associated with evergreens. Within such an area we migbt reasonably expect to find a varied vegetation. Our season here opens rather late compared with other sec- tions, but advances with rapid strides after the midd
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