46 THE ADIRONDACK SPRUCE 
GROWTH IN THE ORIGINAL FOREST 
It is interesting to compare the growth in diameter 
of trees growing in the original forest with the figures 
just given for cut-over land. Stem analyses were made 
on 208 trees in original forest near Ne-Ha-Sa-Ne, from 
which the table given below has been compiled. These 
measurements were taken at the lumber job of Patrick 
Moynehan, who was cutting on the southerly edge of 
the Park and on the Brandreth tract. 
The results differ considerably from those given by 
the present writer in a report made for Dr. Webb, and 
published in the final report of the Special Committee 
of the Assembly whose chairman was Hon. Thomas 
H. Wagstaff and whose report was transmitted Feb- 
ruary 15,1897. The rate of growth there given was 
derived from measurements printed in a State report, 
and was considerably more rapid than that which is 
now found to exist. This further study makes it evident 
that the estimate previously reached was too large. 
