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Shepherdia argentia, common along banks
Rhus aromatica, common on bare s. slopes
Prunus besseyi, common on a bare south slope and bearing fruit, only 4 to 6 inches high.
Artemisia cana, common on barren flats.
"[[ditto for Artemisia]] frigida, abundant, one of the most characteristic plants.
Artemisia ludoviciana. Abundant, very white.
Gaillardia  , Abundant. in blossom.
Pentstemon  Common "[[ditto for blossom]] spec.
"[[ditto for Pentstemon]], """[[dittos for Common blossom spec.]]
"[[ditto for Pentstemon]], foxglove, A few seen along R.R.
Lupinus pubescens, A few, in blossom.
Psoralea esculenta, "[[ditto for A few]]
"[[ditto for Psoralea]] argophylla, Abundant.
Oxytropis lambertiana, "[[ditto for Abundant]] in blossom
Amorpha canescens, Common
"[[ditto for Amorpha]] microphylla, ? "[[ditto for Common]]
Anemone canadensis, "[[ditto for Common]] in meadows
Pulsatilla patens, "[[ditto for Common]]
Polygala alba "[[ditto for Common]]
Gaura coccinea "[[ditto for Common]]
Merolix serrulata? "[[ditto for Common]] on clay hills, spec.
Oenothera yellow "[[ditto for Common]]
"[[ditto for Oenothera]] pink "[[ditto for Common]]

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Linton to N

[[underline]] June 27 [[/underline]]. Caught [[??]] & 2 species of Peromyscus at Linton, packed up & made up skins & started for Stump Lake with Eastgate and drove to near Napoleon, about 40 miles. 

At Tolna, on Beaver Creek, the valley lies between high ridges and flat topped mesas of the old prairie level. The warm slopes carry a number of Sonoran plants and the approach to arid plains is shown by several of the arid region plants, including 3 species of cactus. The Mammilaria are beautifully in bloom & very abundant. A line of low timber flows the creek part way, in a series of interrupted groves but I did not get into it, having listed the species on a previous trip.

The soil is heavy clay with a few streaks of coarse gravel. It is rich and very productive of crops as well as originally of grass and native plants.

Transcription Notes:
Mammilaria is likely mispelling of mammillaria Species names checked.