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Paul and Georges, under the supervision of the writer. As shown 

 in the accompanying photographic reproduction, it includes an ideal- 

 ized reproduction of the Gilboa area, showing the three forest levels, 

 and here the actual fossil stumps are used. In the center foreground 

 flows the Schoharie Creek, which is joined at the left in a series 

 of falls by a tributary, such as the Manorkill. Looking across and 

 beyond this fossil section one sees the painting of our vision of this 

 ancient forest as it might have looked in the height of its glory. 

 The lycopodlike trees {Protolepidodendron) ^ which grew in small 

 numbers in these forests, are also shown in the painting. At both 

 sides of the painting are life-size restorations of the Gilboa tree, 

 which merge imperceptibly into the painting. The artist has de- 

 picted so understandingly and skillfully the character of the forest 

 with its heavy moist atmosphere that this restoration is at the same 

 time both a scientific reproduction and a beautiful piece of art. 



