GREENUP, CARTER, BOYD AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES. Lye 
wood is desirable, will doubtless give rise to a demand for this 
now somewhat despised tree. 
The ash (mostly Fraxinus Americana, L., or the white ash, 
but including two or three other species of rarer occurrence) is 
represented by some trees of large size, but by more of a 
smallish size, which may be regarded as a second growth in 
the old forest. 
The linden or basswood is abundant in some shaded valleys 
and on some moist slopes. In the tables it falls below its pro- 
portional number, as do some other species, from the difficulty 
of selecting average localities for all the species. 
The sycamore (Platanus occidentalis, L.) occurs along the 
river and creek bottoms as a large tree of irregular growth, 
sometimes reaching a diameter of six or seven feet. In second 
growth timber it is sometimes found along the slopes of hills, 
and even on the tops of ridges, as along the ridge road from 
Ashland to Clinton Furnace, 350 feet above drainage. 
The buckeye (4sculus flava, Att.) occurs as a large tree low 
down in the valleys. In second growth it occurs higher up the 
hillsides, but somewhat rarely. 
The elm is represented by several species—the U/mus Amer- 
zcana, L.,or the American elm; U. fulva, Michx., slippery elm, 
and U. alata, Michx., winged elm. The first named being the 
common species. The others occur here and there as trees of 
moderate or small size. 
The walnut trees (/uglaus nigra, L.), black walnut and (/. 
cinerea, L.) white walnut or butternut, have about the same 
range, the former being most abundant. The value of this 
wood seems to be little understood in this section, as it is often 
used for fencing, or wantonly destroyed. It does not occur in 
great numbers in any particular locality, but is found along the 
hillsides and in the valleys of the smaller streams scattered 
among the other trees. Occasionally trees of great size are 
met with, as notably on Rock-house Branch of Jourdan’s Fork, 
in Lawrence county. In the second growth the walnuts both 
show an increased percentage. It would certainly prove a wise 
policy to encourage the growth of both; but particularly of the 
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