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TABLE XYI. 



ACRE No. 5. 

 Lot No. 12, Roaring Brook Tract, Essex County, N. T. 



NOTES. This acre was selected in a primitive forest, growing on a " bench" or naiural ter- 

 race, well watered, with a northerly exposure. The undergrowth, in addition to the nurslings 

 of the dominant species, was composed largely of Mountain Maple (Acer spicatum), with 

 occasional specimens of Striped Maple (Acer Pennsylvanicum) . The growth under and near the 

 hemlocks was completely covered in places with the American Yew or Ground Hemlock 



TABLE XVII. 



ACRE No. 1. 

 Lot No. 206, Township 11, 0. M. Tract, Essex County, N. Y. 



NOTES. Tnis lot (206, Township 11) was lumbered about 33 years ago by C. F. Norton, at 

 which time the pine and spruce were cut ; but the spruces under 10 inches in diameter were 

 not taken. Since then-- about 16 years ago it was cut over again, at which time some white 

 ash and yellow birch was taken, as well as the larger spruce. 



This acre strip was measured off on level land, not low enough to be swampy, but a bench of 

 table land. The crown covering is dense; and the timber, with the exception of the hemlock 

 and some of the hardwoods, seems to be a second growth, that is, it has been growing among 

 first-growth trees, and has made a rapid progress after the interlucation made by cutting out 

 he larger trees. 



