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and underbrush, with a good many young cedars. North of 

 Green Village the timber is good, that is, what remains of it> 

 but some has been cut within a few years. What remains runs 

 from 6 to 10 inches in diameter and 30 to 45 feet high, with a few 

 trees as much as 24 inches in diamter. It is principally oak and 

 hickory, with some chestnut, maple, birch, &c. Northward of 

 Green Village, and toward Morristown, timber is generally from 

 4 to 24 inches in diameter and from 20 to 50 feet in height, most 

 trees ranging from 6 to 10 inches in diameter. The owner of a 

 portable saw-mill has just cut off a tract between Silver lake 

 and Madison. On the southwest slope of the ridge, between 

 Madison and Morristown, timber ranges from 6 to n inches in 

 diameter and from 30 to 55 feet high, with some trees as much 

 as 24 inches in diameter. It consists of oak, chestnut, hickory, 

 maple, elm, birch, etc., with a good deal of cedar in places. 

 Some of this timber has been trimmed out. In the neighbor- 

 hood of New Vernon the average timber ranges from 6 to 12 

 inches in diameter and 25 to 50 feet high. There are some 

 pieces of young growth, and again there are tracts with trees 24 

 inches in diameter and 50 to 60 feet high. As a general thing 

 there is little chestnut, excepting near the foot of the High- 

 lands. Oak of all kinds predominates, especially white oak, 

 and, on the flat places, pin-oak. We also find some maple, beach, 

 elm, birch and white birch, with red cedar everywhere where 

 old clearings have grown up. There has been very little cutting 

 on this tract, between Morristown and the Great swamp, within 

 the last 4 or five years. 



On the northeast end of the Great swamp, near the edge 

 of the uplands, there is a good deal of small growth, includ- 

 ing red cedar. Further in the swamp the wood appears to 

 be better, the larger trees ranging from 6 to 24 inches in 

 diameter and 30 to 50 feet high. Larger sizes are not numer- 

 ous, and a great many pin-oaks were noted. Along the edge 

 of the swamp, next to Long Hill, a good many red cedars 

 were found about the neglected clearings, and it also appears 

 to have succeeded the timber where it has been cut off. The 

 timber in the swamp consists of oak, largely pin-oak, maple, 

 birch and elm, with a few chestnuts, the latter growing only on 

 the high ground. Taken as a whole, the timber in this swamp 



