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Green Ash, Fraxinus viridis. 



Red Maple, Acer rubrum. 



Silver Maple, " dasycarpum. 



White Elm, UZmus Americana. Upper district. 



Slippery Elm, " fulva. 



Water Elm, " alata, Alluvial, wet soil. 



American Linden, Tilia Americana, Central to upper district. 



Sycamore, Plantanus occidentalis. 



Cottonwood, Populus monilifera. 



From JKobert W. Furnas, Secretary of the Nebraska State Board 

 of Agriculture. 



NEBRASKA STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, 

 ^BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, January 27, 1892. 



EDWIN J. HOUSTON, ESQ., 



1809 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



DEAR SIR, Keply to yours, First, twenty-third. Of the more 

 valuable hard-wood varieties of timber used for forestry pur- 

 poses on our prairies, or naturally timberless region, we find 

 the best, black walnut, white ash, black and honey locust, 

 black cherry, Kentucky coffee-tree, hard maple, burr and 

 white oaks. 



Of the soft woods, soft maple, box elder, cottonwood, and 

 the catalpas, speciosa, and Tea's hybrid. 



Evergreens : red cedar, Scotch, Australian, and white pines. 

 Both American and European larch do well. 

 If I can serve the forestry cause in any way, command me. 



Truly, 



ROBERT W. FURNAS. 

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