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saccharinum, Wang.) makes up a very large proportion of the 
maples. Along the banks of streams the white maple (Acer 
dasycarpum, Ehrhart) is common, while an occasional red 
maple (A. rubrum, L.) is found, as also the ash-leaved maple ~ 
(Negundo acerotdes, Manch). The latter tree affords a wood 
that is perhaps better suited for making small patterns or 
models than any other of our native trees. The numerical 
proportion of the maple, as of all those trees which have their 
greatest development along river and creek bottoms, has been 
greatly reduced by the clearing of land. Good sugar orchards 
have to be sought for the most part in unsettled localities. 
The chestnut (Castanea vesca, L.) is found in all localities, 
and in such size as to give it a prominence much greater than 
is shown by its per centage in the tabular view. In the table 
of second growths an increased proportion is shown. The 
dwarf chestnut or chinquapin (C. pumzla, Michx.) has not been 
noticed in this section. 
The hickories are represented by many large trees. Table 
I, however, includes a considerable number of smallish trees, 
giving, perhaps, undue prominence to the hickories; but this 
fact is largely offset by the great number of small hickories, 
which are a common feature of the undergrowth, and which 
afford a large supply of hoop-poles. 
The yellow poplar, the tulip tree or whitewood (Lzrzodendron 
tulipifera, L.), occurs in all localities. It ranks in size above 
all the other trees of Eastern Kentucky, unless the sycamore 
be excepted, which occasionally reaches immense size. The 
tulip tree ranges in size from two to five feet in diameter, hav- 
ing a cylindrical trunk of great length. The young tree is 
highly ornamental, both in form and foliage. Few small trees. 
of this species are included in Table I, yet in number of indi- 
viduals it makes up about five per cent. of the forest growth. 
The gum tree or black gum (WVyssa multiflora, Wang.) grows 
in all localities, and is represented here and there by a tree at 
all levels in nearly all exposures. Its value as a suitable wood 
for wheel-hubs, and for other purposes for which a cross-fibred 
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