Annual Report of the Michigan Academy of Science, Volume 5The Academy, 1904 - Botany |
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A. B. Lyons abundant Agricultural College Alma American Ann Arbor Aster Beauv Belle Isle Black Britton C. A. Davis C. F. Wheeler C. K. Dodge Canadensis Cheboygan Clair Clark Common Cooley Crataegus Detroit E. J. Hill Engelm Escaped from cultivation F. P. Daniels Family Flint Flora Frequent G. H. Hicks G. M. Bradford Geological Survey Grand Rapids Grass Gratiot Gray Gray's Manual H. S. Pepoon Hubbardston Infrequent Ionia Isle Royale Keweenaw Keweenaw Co Kuntze L. H. Bailey Lake Superior Lindl Low grounds Macomb Manistee Maple Marsh Michigan Michx Moist Montcalm Muhl northward Nutt O. A. Farwell Oscoda Peninsula Petoskey Pine plants Port Huron Prof Pursh Rare rocks Rydb Salix Sandy Sedge shore of Lake soil South Haven southward species Sturgis swamps topographic map Torr trees W. S. Cooper White Whitney Cat Wild Willd Willow Winch Wright Cat Ypsilanti
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Page 195 - First Biennial Report of the Progress of the Geological Survey of Michigan, embracing observations on the Geology, Zoology, and Botany of the Lower Peninsula.
Page 194 - Report of the select committee in relation to the report of the SG HD No. 19, pp. 77-79. Annual report of the SG (fifth). JD No. 9. pp. 436-441. "1843. Annual Report of SG (sixth). JD No. 8, pp. 398-402. Report of the SG relative to the State Salt Springs. SD No. 9, pp. 402-408. *1844.
Page 194 - Whitney, US Geologists, Part I, H. Ex. D. No. 69, pp. 1-224 and 12 Plates, First Session 31st Congress; S. Ex. D. No. 2, Vol. 2, p. 147, Second Session 31st Congress; Part II, S. Ex. D. No. 4, Vol. 3, p. 3, Special Session 32d Congress. The work of the Geological Survey was interrupted by the death of D. Houghton while actively engaged in explorations.
Page 14 - Traverse Region,' and has a flora much like that we have just described, with the exception that some of the southern species disappear, and northern ones begin to take their place, or if found growing further south, here first become frequent. Deep forests of hemlock and yellow birch (B.
Page 43 - Crus-galli hispidum Ell. Low river bank near Hubbardston where it appears to be indigenous, CF Wheeler. Common along streams. LP PANICUM L. 185. P. boreale Nash. Northern Panicum. Grand Rapids, Miss EJ Cole; Traverse City, CF Wheeler; Keweenaw Co., OA Farwell. *186. P. capillare L. Old-witch Grass. Sandy soil, fields. The spreading panicle is easily broken off and blown about by the wind. Common. Th. *187. P. clandestinum L. Hispid Panicum. Low grounds. Macomb Co.; Flint, Hubbardston; Bay Co., GM...
Page 12 - The entire surface of the peninsula is covered deeply with glacial drift, consisting of sand, .gravels and clays variously intermixed. The topographical outlines of the Lower Peninsula are due to the joint action of moving ice and flowing water during and following the glacial period. Beginning in Presque Isle county the lateral moraine of the Huron glacier passes southwest near the line between Montmorency and Alpena counties, thence south by west through Oscoda, Roscommon and Clare, meeting in...
Page 5 - ... by fewer organs or parts; (2) by the less perfect adaptation of the organs to the purposes they subserve; (3) by the relative degree of development of the more important organs; (4) by the lesser degree of differentiation of the plant-body or of its organs; (5) by considerations of antiquity, as indicated by the geological record; (6) by a consideration of the phenomena of embryogeny. Thus, the Pteridophyta, which do not produce seeds and which...
Page 194 - No. 46. Vol. II, pp. 455-461. Report of the majority of the Committee on Finance on the communication and accounts of the SG for 1839. Report of the minority of the Committee on Finance on the same subject. Report of the select committee on SG's report and accounts relative to Improvement of Salt Springs, etc. SG's account for the year 1839, the same being the subject matter of the three preceding reports. SD Nos.
Page 196 - ... this state, died at his home, 21 Summer street, Keene, May 14. He was born in Antrim, June 22, 1836, the son of Silas and Clarissa (Copeland) Dinsmoor. After attending schools and academies at Washington and Marlow he taught or two years at Sullivan. He attended the Society since 1869. He was also a member of the American Medical Association. He was a member of the pension board for a time and a member of the Elliot Hospital Staff. For many years he served as a member of the school board of the...
Page 118 - Farwell. 1812. P. pubescens L. Low Hairy Ground-Cherry. Naturalized in West Bay City, GM Bradford. *1813. P Virginiana Mill. Virginia Ground-Cherry. Light, sandy soil. Common. Th. 1814. P. Virginiana vulgaris Rydb. Grand Rapids, HC Skeels; Muskegon, WJ B.; White Cloud, CF Wheeler. LEUCOPHYSALIS Rydberg. 1815. L. grandiflora (Hook.) Rydberg. Large White-flowered Ground-Cherry. Physalis grandiflora Hook. "Clearings." First collected in LP near Farwell, in June, 1876, where it seemed to be at home....