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The Catalpa is found in Pulaski County, 100 feet high, and two feet In diameter, 

 probably indigenous. 



Fraxinua Americana White Ash. 



Fraxinua pubescena !e'<l \>h ; moist soils. 



Fraxinua viridia Green Ash. 



Fraxinua sambacifolia Black Ash. 



Fraxinua qnadrangulata. ...Bine Ash. 



afras officinale Sassafras. 



Ulmns l'ulva Slippery Elm. 



Ulmna Americana While Elm. 



(Jlmua racemosa Corky White Elm. Found only in the North, and there 



sparsely. 



Ulmns alata Winged Elm — found in south pari of the State. 



Celtis occidentalia line kin Try — found throughout the State. 



Celtis Mississippiensis Hackberry — found in extreme South. 



Mortis rubra Red Mulberry. Periam has seen this in Cook County. 



Platanua occidentals Sycamore. 



\ Juglans cinerea Butternut. 



is nigra Black Walnut. 



( larya olivseformis Pecan — found as far north as Menard County. Wier has 



seen it in Peoria County. 



Carya alba Shell Hark. 



Carya microcarpa Small fruited Hickory. 



Carya sulcata Western Shell Bark. 



Carya tomentosa Mocker Nut. 



Carya porcina Pignut Hickory. 



Carya ainara Butternut. Softer shell than the pignut Hickory. 



The Hickories do not hybridize much. 



Quercns alba White Oak. 



Quercus-obtusiloba Post Oak. 



Quercus maci Burr Oak. 



Quercus bicolor Swamp White Oak. 



Quercus castanea Chestnut Oak. 



Gray considers this as a variety of prinus, but I believe it to be distinct. It is found 

 on rocky ground. I have seen it in Menard County, about Springfield, and near Alton. 



Quercus Imbricaria Laurel Oak. 



Quercus nigra Black Jack. 



Quercus falcata Spanish I >ak ; at South Pass, and in Madison County. 



Quercus coccinea Scarlet Oak. 



" coccinea var.tinctoria.Yellow barked Oak. 



" " var. palustris. Swamp Spanish Oak. 



" rubra 



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Dr. Warder — We are inclined to put rubra first, and coccinea and 

 tinctoria as offshoots of it; but palustris we regard as different. 



Dr. Walsh — I think rubra and tinctoria are different, because the 

 galls upon them are made by different species of" insects. 



Castanea vesca? — (Chestnut.) I am not certain that this is a 

 native. 



President Drown — There are a number of old trees at Caledonia, 

 supposed to have been planted by the Indians. 



Fagm ferruginea — American Beech in south part of the State. 



Flagg — It is probably in East part of the State, in Edgar County, 

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