16 REPORT ON THE TIMBERS OF THE NORTH 
Height in 
TIMBERS. barometric REMARKS. 
feet. 
‘Grey birch, beech, white maple, No perceptible change in the splendor of 
Liriodendron, blue ash, buckeye, the forest. 
red oak, black gum, spicewood, 
magnolia umbrella, etc. . . 200 
Liriodendron, chestnut, shag hick- The linden is yet scattering, as it is found 
ory, red oak, beech, white oak, mostly in this part of Kentucky high up 
linden, maple, dogwood, etc. . 340 on the mountain side. The timbers are 
all heavy. 
Liriodendron, chestnut, shag hick- | The Lzzodendron remains as heavy as ever. 
ory, red bud, red maple, linden, The shag hickory is also very fine. 
qutie-berry, netC.2 suet a 480 
‘Growth same as above, with the The linden first becomes very abundant at 
addition of ironwood.... . 580 this height in ascending the mountain. 
Linden, chestnut, and Lz7zodendron are the 
chief timbers at this height. 
Liriodendron, chestnut, white ash, 
white hickory, red oak, linden, 
buckeye, ironwood, dogwood, 
aS ae 700 
At this height a sixteen-inch vein of coal 
crosses the hollow. The blue and the 
Liriodendron, chestnut, white ash, 
blue ash, and most of the 700- 
feet timbers. . 850 white ash are very fine indeed. 
Black walnut, chestnut, Lzrzoden- The splendor of the forest here can hardly 
dron, white hickory, linden, be imagined. The belt of walnut before 
IMMLEKAVEs 4. Cl Ce yar 9 ge sel oe ie $ 1050 mentioned begins to show itself here, 
while the Lzzvdendron, chestnut, and 
white hickory are of the finest. 
Black walnut, buckeye, Lzrzoden- At this height crosses the curious belt, 25 
dron, white ash, sugar maple, per cent. of whose timber is old forest 
linden, white hickory, etc... 1250 walnut. In size and quality these trees 
have no superior in this country, so far 
as I know. 
Chestnut, red oak, rock maple, The walnut timber gives out below this 
black locust, pig hickory, ete. 1375 height, and a ledge of rock here gives 
high mountain timbers. Linden gives 
out above this height. 
