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the adjoining thicket about seven acres. The exact location will be 

 found on the map marked figure 2. This area is drained by tribu- 

 taries of the Raritan River and lies in about latitude 40° 23' N. and 



Fig. 2. Map of Monmouth Junction, N. J. ; the letter B above the rail- 

 road branch curving up and to the left marks the exact spot where the survey 

 was made. 



longitude 74° ^^' W., at an altitude of no feet. The top soil of the 

 woods and thicket, particularly of the woods, was very rich in humus 

 and many low, wet spots occurred throughout the greater portion of 

 the woods. As a rule the thicket was considerably drier. No streams 

 were present in either the woods or thicket but the surrounding ter- 

 ritory contained many swampy areas and several brooks. In view 

 of this together with the dense shade, conditions in the woods were 

 usually moist throughout the growing seasons. The flora of the area 

 was typical of many of the numerous similar woods found in the 

 Piedmont Plain. The ground was moist with many wet spots but 

 seldom became swampy. The vegetation was consequently mesophytic 



