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BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 



nearly bare of grass, others have a dense undergrowth of the 

 same trees." 



Page 84. Castanea vulgaris Americana. In second paragraph 

 for March read May. 



Page 85. Fagus ferruginea. A felled tree, with decayed top, 

 measured 84| feet in* length, 32J feet to the first limb, and 2 feet 

 8 inches in diameter across top of stump, 3J feet from ground. 



In Southern Indiana, along the line of the Louisville & St. 

 Louis Air Line R. R., are extensive forests where magnificent 

 beeches are among the largest and most abundant trees. In these 

 apparently virgin woods, where this species evidently reaches its 

 finest development, much larger and taller specimens than those 

 I have measured undoubtedly occur. 



In my supposition that the beech does not grow on the Illi- 

 nois side of the river, in Wabash county, 111., I was mistaken. 

 I have since been shown a fair-sized tree on the bank of Coffee 

 Creek, by Dr. Schneck, who knows of the existence of several 

 others in the same locality. 



Page 86. Populus heterophylla. In the spring of 1883, an ex- 

 cellent opportunity was afforded the writer for ascertaining the 

 average size attained by this species in a particular locality along 

 the northwestern edge of Monteur's pond, in Knox county, Ind. 

 A considerable number of the larger trees had been cut during 

 the winter, apparently when the pond (here quite shallow) was 

 frozen over. " At the time of my visit, in the latter half of April, 

 these felled trees were in full blossom, so that the height could be 

 measured very exactly. Only five trees were measured, my time 

 being too limited for further investigations. Following are the 

 measurements taken : 



Average, 



Page 87. For Populus " tremuloides ,, read grandidentata. 

 While tremuloides may occur, it is quite certain that all the 

 aspens that I have seen are P. grandidentata. 



Page 87. Taxodium distichum. It may interest the readers of 



* Diameter at 3J feet from ground. 



