FOREST TREES AND SHRUBS. 85 



and unfitting the soil for the burial, germination and growth of 

 seeds. Since the buffalo has retired, and prairie fires are repressed, 

 and rainfall is increasing, the area of timber lands is spontaneously 

 -extending again in many directions. 



The following is my corrected list of our trees and shrubs. For 

 the sake of convenience, the trees and shrubs are placed in separate 

 lists, but the botanical order is preserved in both : 



FOREST TREES. 



1. Papaw (Asimina triloba.) This species is generally a shrub 

 in Nebraska, but I found a few in Richardson county that reached 

 the dignity of small trees. Found only in southeastern Nebraska, 

 and most abundant in Richardson County. 



2. Linwood. Basswood. (Tilia Americana^ Most abundant 

 along the bluffs of the Missouri. On the Elkhorn, Upper Loup, Ne- 

 maha, etc. Have seen it as far as the 102 meridian on the Nio- 

 brara, and on the Upper Republican. One of our native trees, 

 most deserving of cultivation. 



3. Var. Pubesceus of this species is found along the Missouri 

 bluffs, south of the Platte, and on the lower Republican. 



4. Hop Tree (Ptelea trifoliata.) Tree and shrub. Grows to the 

 size of a small tree in St. John's timber in Dakota County. Found 

 also on the Niobrara. Have not met with it south of the Platte. 



5. Staghorn Sumach. (Rhus typhina.} Rare. Have seen only 

 a few specimens in Dakota and Dixon Counties. 



6. Ohio Buckeye (.sEsculus glabra.) Occasional in southeast 

 Nebraska. Most abundant on the Nemaha, and in Nemaha and 

 Otoe Counties. 



7. Sweet Buckeye (A. Jlava.) Rarer than the preceding, but 

 lias about the same range. 



8. Sugar Maple (Acer sacckarinum.) Rarely found native in 

 Nebraska. I have only observed it in the Plyburg timber in Da- 

 kota County. 



9. Silver Maple (Acer dasy carp um.) Rare in Nebraska. Found 

 one growing during the last year, for the first time, on bottom 

 near the borders of Cass and Otoe Counties. 



10. Red Maple (Acer rubrum.) Abundant among other timber 

 along most of our water courses. 



11. Box Elder (N eg undo ace ro ides ^ One of the most abun- 

 dant trees in the State. It ^rows largest and finest in northeast 



