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No hickory; bushes mostly black oak. Location, an aver- 
age hill-top in the forest a few miles east of Blandville. 
Within twelve miles of Paducah, we pass into a flat, whitish- 
gray table land, whose timbers are similar to those noted on 
Jeaving Paducah and going southward on the eastern side of 
the Purchase. 
From the foregoing tables, some interesting information can 
be deduced in regard to the timbers of the Purchase country. 
For instance, taking up the white oak, we form the following. 
general table. 
N Average Per cent. Per cent. 
ae diameter. decayed. dead. 
Mn bemOMKeT ett orc te May woh el seeder e. a ne. Sere 26 inches. 1624+ 5+ 
That is, the general average of the white oak timber through- 
‘out the Purchase shows a diameter of twenty-six inches, with 
sixteen and two thirds per cent. of the timber decayed. 
Similar tables for the other principal timbers are as follows: 
Wane Average Percents Per cent. 
: diameter. decayed. dead. 
MEMNGCeNGLOM s. «5s», +) = = 29 inches. 13 nearly. 5+ 
ee OA ee ee ees tee reais LL 200 7% about. 
eta el alain Keishi n | ie ret ve te, veh fe 20 ‘* nearly.| 16234 not 3. 
“SPARED ETE Sap AMORE) Oh Cleo ce Pn cee Doves gee 20-+- 8 nearly 
PAC OI CSWrran Ycp ons eooie. <2) |S) ep te) oe heals 22a 3 6+ 
DME te east el en S-Series 2834 ‘* 12% 4+ 
lear Oakes 38 Mor Sg Ao eOnmeon Geacainceabe ion “ous 2134 ‘s 25 7+ 
BEAMEneOUK 5 8 is es eke ve 6) oy els 4s ZOU, 3S 25 not 7 
From these tables, it appears that the bartram oak has a 
Jarger average diameter than any other tree in this part of 
Kentucky, and liriodendron stands next to it. We should 
expect that, for the bartram oak is a large tree, and then it is 
never found, except in swamps and low places where the tim- 
bers are always larger than on uplands. Post oak has the 
smallest percentage of dead timbers, and next to it comes the 
sweet gum, followed by white oak and liriodendron, with the 
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