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ridge berry, wild astor, wild huckleberry, trailing arbutus, 

 spotted prince's pine, pennyroyal, boneset, skunk cabbage, 

 Indian pipe, poke, Indian turnip, calamus, showy orchid, win- 

 ter, summer and maiden hair ferns. Patches of hair and coral 

 moss are frequent, and tangles of greenbriers, chicken and 

 fox grape vines, also sweet and poison shumac, form safe re- 

 treats for the smaller birds. 



Almost three-fourths of the tract is cleared. In addition to 

 many of the trees already named, the following are found 

 singly or in clusters: persimmon, catalpa, yellow locust, tree of 

 paradise, weeping willow, Lumbardy poplar, silver maple, 

 white ash, pines Pinus strobus and rigidus, spruce and cherry. 

 Of cultivated fruits about eight or ten acres of apple orchards, 

 and many pear, cheiry, peach, and smaller fruits; the pear 

 being by far the most flourishing. Over a mile of hedges, 

 commonly Osage orange, Norway spruce, Arbor vitce2iX\d privet. 



Indian corn, wheat, rye, oats, timothy, red and white 

 clover, and occasionally a little buckwheat, Hungarian grass 

 and tobacco are grown. Of the many vegetables the white 

 potato, tomato, cabbage, oiiion. string bean, pea, radish, beet, 

 okra, celery, egg plant and pepper, flourish best. A goodly 

 portion being in well kept lawns, the various hardy plants and 

 shrubs are too numerous to mention. The climbing vines such 

 as woodbine, bitter sweet, Virginia creeper, trumpet, etc., are 

 commonly trained about fences, arb(M's and buildings. 



Not many years ago there were little cleared ground that 

 was neglected or uncultivated, but since the advent of the land 

 speculator, in the name of suburban improvement, many small 

 farms aggregating about 130 acres have become idle, unproduc- 

 tive save for pasture, and are slowly drifting back to nature. The 

 grasses, dandelion, buttercup, oxeye daisy, violet, yarrow, 

 and rag weed are being superceded by tlie goldenrod, wild 

 carrot, milkweed, Spanish needle, shepherd's purse, Canada 

 thistle, wild rose, burdock, poison ivy, red cedar bush, wild 

 strawberry, dewberry, raspberry, and blick'berry, all of which 

 must vield m turn to the sassafras, dogwood, wild cherrv, 

 shumac, w ild grape vine, greenbrier, etc., unless reclaimed in 

 the meantime. 



