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Third. That there is no regular proportion between the 
total heights of hills and the heights to which particular tim- 
bers grow. Everything depends upon the nature of the form- 
ation. 
Fourth. That of the marked difference in character between 
the forests of Eastern and those of Western Kentucky, only 
the distribution of the pines can be satisfactorily accounted for 
without further and special study in that direction. 
LIST OF TIMBERS. 
The following is a list of timbers met with and spoken of in 
this Report: 
ORDER CUPULIFERA—MASTWORTS. 
1. Genus Quercus—oak. 
White oak, Quercus alba (L.) 
Swamp white oak, Q. bicolor ( Willd.) 
Bartram oak, Q. heterophylla (Mx.) 
Red oak, Q. rubra (L.) 
Spanish oak, Q. falcata (L.) 
Scarlet oak, Q. coccinea (Wang.) 
Post oak, Q. obtusiloba (Mx.) 
Rich red oak, Q. macrocarpa (Mx.) 
Black oak, Q. tinctoria (Bart.) 
Pin oak, Q. palustris (Mx.) 
Laurel oak, Q. imbricaria (Mx.) 
Swamp laurel oak, Q. laurifolia (Mx.) 
Chestnut oak, Q. castanea (Muhl.) 
Swamp chestnut oak, Q. prinus ( Willd.) 
Chinquapin oak, Q. prinoides (Willd. ) 
Black-jack, Q. nigra (L.) 
Scrub oak, Q. ilicifolia (Willd.) 
2. Genus Castanea—chestnut. 
Common Chestnut, Castanea vesca (L.) 
Chinquapin, Castanea pumila (Mx.) 
3. Genus Fagus—beech. 
Common beech, Fagus sylvatica (L.) 
Red variety, Fagus ferruginea (Ait.) 
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