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iug near here (New Harmony) that is said by good citizens to have been, 

 when standing, about 37 feet in circumference. . . . There are some Cot- 

 ton woods here that I have not mentioned [in the listj, some 5 to G feet 

 diameter. Some hirge Sycamores, ' swell-buts/ reach even 37 to 40 feet 

 circumference, but they are hollow." 



The heaviest timber in Posey County is said to be in Point Township, 

 in the lower end of the county. 



In Dr. Schueck's " Catalogue of the Flora of the Lower Wabash Val- 

 ley," already referred to, the author gives (on j). 512) a table of measure- 

 ments, which are said to show the maximum size attained by 23 species 

 of trees, "the measurements in each case being those of one individual." 



Pecan ( Garya olivcpformis) 



Black Oak ( Quercus coccinea var. tinctoria) 



Bur Oak {Querms macrocarpa) 



White Oak {Quercm alba) 



Persimmon ( Diospi/roe virginiana) 



Black Walnut {Jnglans nigra) 



Honey Locust ( Gleditschia triacanthos) 



< ';!iiilpa ( Catalpa bignnioides) . [=: 0. spedosa .'] 



M iilbcrry (Morns rubra) 



S( uilct OmU i (jnercus cnccinca) 



S.issafias (Sasftafras officinale) 



Biiss-woud { 7 ilia a mericn iia) 



Jialcl Cypress CUtxnilhiin (lintichum) 



Eed Maple (.!<•, /• ,»/„„„,) 



Sycamore (Pldtmi us vccidentalis) 



Tulip Tree (Ln-indcKdroit tuUpijfera) 



White Ash (Fraxinus americana) 



Cottonwood (Popidua inonilifera) 



Sweet Gum {Lvpiidambar styraciflua) 



Black Hickory ( Carya tomentosa) 



Sugar Maple (Acer saccharinum) 



Water Oak ( Quercus paltistris) 



Beech (Fagus ferruginea) 



It may be remarked that the size indicated by the above figures is, 

 in the case of some species, highly exceptional, and that I have meas- 

 ured none so large. Not that a single one of the three measurements 

 given is so very unusual (though this is in some cases true as regards 

 height), but that it is exceedingly uncommon to find such extreme meas- 

 urements of girth, length of trunk, and total height combined in a single 

 tree. 



According to measurements thus far made it has been determined be- 

 yond doubt that at least thirty-four species of trees reach or exceed a 

 height of 100 feet, and it is all but certain that some ten or a dozen 

 ra6re, of which no measurements have been taken, also reach this height. 

 No less than eleven reach, occasionally, at least, a height of 150 feet, the 

 greatest height of any tree, so far as determined by accurate measure- 

 ments, being 190 feet {Liriodendron); two (Liriodcndron and Quercus 

 coccinea, fide Dr. Schneck) reach a height of 180 feet; four reach 170 feet; 



