. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. Illinois Natikai. Histoiiy Sciivky Bi iii:tin of many s|»ecit's. tlu' rcMiIt of wlmlesale seed sowinj^^ sonic sixty years ago" of Robert Douglass, who "traversed the area on horseback, carrying a bag of mixed seeds, and threw them into the wind, thus scattering the seed far and wide Today some parts are covered with a most vigor- ous forest ; The pines now present are the W bite Pine, the Austrian Pine (P. laricio), the Scotch Pine (/*. sylvcstris), the Table Moun- tain Pine {P. piingcns), and the Pitch Pine (P. rifiida). &q
. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. Illinois Natikai. Histoiiy Sciivky Bi iii:tin of many s|»ecit's. tlu' rcMiIt of wlmlesale seed sowinj^^ sonic sixty years ago" of Robert Douglass, who "traversed the area on horseback, carrying a bag of mixed seeds, and threw them into the wind, thus scattering the seed far and wide Today some parts are covered with a most vigor- ous forest ; The pines now present are the W bite Pine, the Austrian Pine (P. laricio), the Scotch Pine (/*. sylvcstris), the Table Moun- tain Pine {P. piingcns), and the Pitch Pine (P. rifiida). "To the unobserv- ant or to the poorly informed ob- ; says Pepoon, "this growth has every aj^pearance of being natural, and in fact is so for all jiractical pur- poses; and if no disturbance occurs in the next generation, the evidence will all point to Nature instead of Art Fig. 5. Yellow Pine on the bluffs 'i^ the causation of the peculiar coni- overlooking the Mississippi bot- ferous ; toms at Wolf Lake, Union ^ |M^jy^ ^ ^^J^i^J^g -m -'^^ "^^H _ ^.^M i^iff if- ...^^^d^lO^^ ^P -.^ sjrr; - - 1^^ ^ * Hb^_ â..: 1 i r. â '^^m Tamarack bog, Lake County. Pfioto b)/ W. G. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Illinois. Natural History Survey Division. Urbana, State of Illinois, Dept. of Registration and Education, Natural History Survey Division
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