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ANALYSES 



16. Red Bkech (^Fagus ferruginea). 



Tr«e a little hollow at the base. Diameter three feet from tlie g^round, 28 inches; fourteen feet from the 

 g^und, 22 inches, sound. Average thickness of the bark, j inch. Section for analysis taken fourteen 

 feet from the ^ound. Age 240 years. Growth quite uniform. Average thickness of each layer, 

 0-0453 of an inch. Between 60 and 65 outside layers taken for outside wood; the remaining layers 

 for inside wood. 



99-91 S. 111-99 S. 115-14 S. 106 46 S. 106-83 S. 



17. Black Cherry {Cerasus serotina). 



Tree sound. Diameter three feet from the ground, 36 inches; twelve feet from the ground, 301 inches; 

 seventy-two feet from the ground, 24 inches. From base to limbs, 72 feet; whole height, 104 feet. 

 Average thickness of bark, J inch. Number of layers twelve feet from the ground, 227. Average 

 thickness of each layer, 0-06387 of an inch. The tree grew most rapidly during the first 100 years 

 of its life ; for the last 60 years, growth very slow. 



100-09 S. 100-60 S. 



98-97 S. 98-72 



