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Smilax ecirrhata
Polygonum dumetorum
Eupatorium purpureum
Caulophyllum
Elymus striatus
Carex vesca 
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Sanicula marilandica
Scroph. " [[Ditto for: marilandica]]
[[Artvaemus trif?]]
[[Lediar turs?]]
Ulmus fulva
Red elm
Solidago canadensis
Allium tricoccum
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[[insertion]] Cut 34 [[/insertion]]  Near SW. cor. sec. 6, Jackson Twp. on down hill yellow loess shows above, blue loess below & drift near base.
Cut not distinct, most of it about 4-5 ft. deep.
At Rabbit Hollow found [[Corlilicoba?]] feeding on Disco.
I collected shells in Rabbit Hollow on a wooded bank, rather low down.
At Bowman's Grove I collected shells (under leaves as above) in upland woods.
[[insertion]] On N. side NE. 1/4 -34-80-38 yellow loess appears in road cut. (Marked on map.)
On slope facing N. on E. side SE 1/4 NE 1/4 - sec 4-79-38 cut shows yellow loess. (Marked on map). Kansan shows along road at S.E. cor of [[road?]] shows Kansan 44 (see map). [[/insertion]]
On return the intersection of wagon road & C.Gr.W. RR. near Baughn's brickyard = 1220

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[[underlined]] Aug. 24, 1913 - Sun. [[/underlined]]
1177 on C.Gr.W.
1165 CR I & P.
1150 river bridge S.E.
1262 - top of bluff near SW. cor. sec. 20 - Centre Twp
[[insertion]] [[underlined]] Cut 35 - [[/underlined]] [[/insertion]]
The cut between the [[insertion]] ^ SW. [[/insertion]] corner of sec. 20, Centre Twp. & the foot of hill runs 5-6 ft. deep and shows yellow loess in upper 1/2.
This is brownish, with gray streaks & quite a number of rounded nodules (see samples). Shells few.
The lower half of hill shows drift, separated from loess by a gray band (not over 1 or 2 ft. probably) with iron tubules, but mucky & hard.
* [[line indicating insertion]] Aug. 26 looked at this again & dug in bank. Good gray loess is at least 2 or 3 ft thick, possibly more, & muck is only at very base. [[/insertion]]
High place E. 1318.
Hazel & scrub bur oak appear here along the road.  Also fine strip of upland prairie with following:

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Lots of trees on left page that still need transcribing! @lizcameron Reviewed text and attempted first pass at the plants. Managed to work out some but there are a few in [[?]] that I can make no headway with. -@siobhanleachman Solved 1 [[?] - the rest remain mysteries to me, too. - @NaturallyDreaMe