PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



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(1.) Measurements of trees in Xew Harmony Township, Posei/ County, Indiana, hy Thos. J. 

 Johnston, county surveyor. 



Yellow Poplar. {Liriodendroa tuKpifera) . 



Do 



White Poplar. {Liriodendron tulipifera) . . 



Do 



Yellow Poplar. (Liriodendron tulipifera) . 

 "White Oak. (Quercus alba) 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do... 



Do 



Black Oak. { Querciis tinctoria ?) 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Bar Oak. ( Quercus inacrocarpa) 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Sweet Gum. {Liquidambar styraciflua) ... 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Mulberry. (Morus rubra) 



Sassafras. ( Sassafras officinale ) 



Sugar-tree. (Acer sacctiarinum) 



Maple. (Acer rubrum ?) 



Feet. 

 145 

 130 

 125 

 110 

 120 

 115 

 110 

 97 

 107 

 95 

 87 

 128 

 118 

 102 

 100 

 96 

 75 

 80 

 77 

 76 

 115 

 100 

 104 

 98 

 60 

 95 

 90 

 108 



Hollow base.* 

 Sound. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Partially hollow. 

 Sound. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 "Sw.-Ubut." 

 Sound. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Hollow 

 Sound. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



1)0. 



Do. 

 Do. 



* This tree aud the next growing near together. 



(2.) Measurements of trees in vicinity of Dici Creek, Posey County, Indiana, hy Mr. Charles 



Svhneck. 



The following extracts from Mr. Johnston's letter accompanying the 

 measurements sent by him may also be of interest : 



" The decayed stumji of a i)oplar [i. e., Tulip Tree] is now partly stand- 



