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[[[blank page]] [[end page]] [[start page]] [underlined]] 1909 July 9 [[/underlined]] Left Washington on B&O train for Chicago & northwest. Found the big laurel, Kalmia glauca? in flower over west of Deer Park. [[underlined]] July 9 [[/underlined], Reached Chicago at 9:30 am in 19 hours, Left at 6:30 P.M. on Wisconsin Central. [[underlined]] July 11 [[/underlined], Crossed the Miss. R. at sunrise, thence north among hills & big ridges to [[strikethrough]]Glevwood]] [[/strikethrough]] Glenwood & beyond to New Richmond there is much scrub pine (P. ) some old white pine and lots of old big white pine stumps. There is lots of aspen white birch & alder on flat ground & north slopes and some on open ridges. At New Richmond a small river brings in lots of pine logs for the west to supply big lumber mills. From here we go out on high open prairie.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalmia_polifolia