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(Yellow Birch); B. leuta L. (Sweet Birch); Ouerais im- 

 bricaria Michx. (Water Oak); Q. rubra L. (Red Oak); Q. 

 prinus L. (Chestnut Oak); Castanea vesca L. (Chestnut); 

 Popiihis grandidcntata Michx. (Aspen); Pimts pungens 

 Michx. (Table Mountain Pine); P. Strobus L. (White 

 Pine); Abies Fraseri Lindl. (Balsam Fir or She Balsam); 

 Tsiiga Canadensis Carr. (Hemlock); T. Caroliniana Eiigel. 

 (Hemlock); Picea nigra Link. (Black Spruce or He Balsam). 

 In addition to the above there are to be found in one 

 or more of the botanical divisions of the State over two 

 hundred minor trees, shrubs and vines of more or less 

 value for fruit culture or floriculture, etc. There are four 

 species of grape ( \ If is aestivalis^ J \ labrusca^ I \ viilpina^ 

 \\ cordifoiia)^ from the first three of which cultivated varie- 

 ties have sprung. There are also found in these several 

 sections of the State several hundred herbs, various parts 

 of which are extensively used for medicinal purposes, a 

 discussion of the more important of which will appear in 

 a future number of the Journal. 



ECONOMIC WOODS. 



In the above statement a small number of the trees named 

 as occurring in the different regions have timber of but lit- 

 tle value, owing to a lack of strength and durability, and 

 are of such small size as to have little economic value, and 

 there are a few others of such infrequent occurrence as to 

 be commercially unimportant. But in each region there 

 are many valuable forest trees, and the following notes will 

 * contain a brief statement of their distribution, abundance, 

 size, and uses: 



Magnolia acuminata L. (Cucumber): Two to four feet in 

 diameter, eighty to one hundred and twenty feet high. 

 Frequent in the upper district with Yellow Poplar. Not 

 over 5,000,000 feet standing in the fifteen counties through 

 which its distribution extends. Has the same use as Yel- 

 low Poplar. 



