178 NOTES ON FOREST TREES. 



common on Cumberland Head, often assuming tree-like 

 proportions ; one was measured which was 40 inches in 

 circumference with a head like an apple tree. 



This tree was 20 feet high and complete^- covered with 

 fruit but was partially dead on one side of the trunk. 

 One tree was cut, which was 10 inches in diameter, it was 

 10 feet to the first limb, 25 feet high and had 80 circles of 

 growth. 



Juglans ctnerea (Butternut) is very abundant near 

 Schuyler's Falls. Two trees that we measured there, 

 growing on the edge of a maple growth were respectively 

 12 feet 6 inches, and 12 feet in circumference, but the 

 trunks of these trees were hollow. The tree which was 

 cut was 2 feet 8 inches in diameter, and had 180 circles of 

 growth. The nuts from this tree were so much larger 

 than is usual that some were collected for preservation. 

 They were 4 inches long and 6 inches in circumference ; 

 the outer covering was of the usual thickness but the 

 hard shell was of double thickness. The seed was small 

 and inferior. 



Juglans nigra (Black Walnut) is rare in Clinton 

 county. The only place where this tree was found grow- 

 ing was near Salmon river, West Plattsburg ; there most 

 of the trees were partially decayed and the trunks twisted 

 and crooked. The largest of them was not over 18 inches 

 in diameter and 40 feet high. 



Carya amara (Bitter-nut Hickory) is very common all 

 over Essex and Clinton counties. It is a beautiful tree 

 often 2 feet in diameter, 50 to 60 feet in height with a 

 large drooping head. Its delicate foliage gives it a beau- 

 tiful appearance, and its size and shape were so different 

 from trees of the same species found in eastern Massachu- 

 setts that it was the cause of much surprise to me. One 

 reason that these trees are so large and thrifty is, that they 



