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SEVENTH REPORT OF THE 



of the mountain, there is a forest standing having the following composition per 

 acre : 



34 ash from 5 inches to 10 inches. 



28 beech from 5 inches to 18 inclies. 



12 birch from 6 inches to 18 inches. 



10 hemlock from 8 inches to 16 inches. 



56 basswood from 6 inches to 20 inches. 



28 chestnut from 6 inches to 10 inches. 



30 maple from 6 inches to 28 inches. 



4 oak from 8 inches to 14 inches. 



8 hornbeam from 4 inches to 10 inches. 



Upon the top of the mountain beyond our plantation there is a forest having the 

 following composition per acre : 



5 beech from 2 inches to 4 inches. 

 18 birch from 6 inches to 15 inches. 



38 hemlock from 6 inches to 30 inches. 



3 maple from 5 inches to 8 inches. 

 47 red oak from 8 inches to 24 inches. 



A number of oak stumps mark the places where valuable trees once stood. Mr. 

 H. B. Hudler, supervisor of the town of Shandaken, stated that in 1862 he carried 

 out a contract with J. H. Simpson for removing 400 cords of hemlock bark from the 

 upper west slope of Timothyberg mountain, and at that time nearly all the original 

 and exceedingly dense growth of hemlock which covered the mountain had been 

 taken off. 



A grove was planted upon the extreme top, and another at the bottom, with a 

 narrow strip connecting the two, planted up the slope. The grove on top of the 

 mountain is about 2,300 feet above the ocean, and about 1,200 feet higher than the 

 lower grove, so that the plantation as it grows will become a sightly object to people 

 traveling on the railroad and on the State highway. 



That the plantation will be an object of interest, and will help to increase the 

 interest of the inhabitants in the improvement of the forests, is shown by the fact 

 that the people in Phoenicia and along the State road to Mount Pleasant 

 expressed commendation of the experiment ; and we were assisted in the work 

 by a large number of citizens who gave their services without charge. 



