1904 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



423 



HILLS ONCE COVERKD WITH TIMBER DOWN TO THE BANK OF THE MARSH. THIS HILL HAS 



BEEN BADLY WASHED AWAY, OWING To THE DENUDATION OF 



TIMBER IN THE VALLEYS ABOVE. 



lowing are some of the percentages of 

 the different trees at different places. 

 On State Road Coule : 



Species. Per cent 



Ouercus tinctoria . . . \ o 



Ouercus alba / ^ 



Carya alba 27 



Ulmus americana 10 



Betula papyrifera 10 



Negundo aceroides ' 2 



Populus tremuloides 3 



South and west and east slope, Kicka- 

 poo Valley, bank of stream : 



Species. Per cent 



Acer nigrum 4 



Crataegus tomentosa 1.5 



Tilia americana 2 



Betula alba 2 



Juglans cinerea 10 



Ulmus americana. . 8 



Per cent 



Species. 



Tsuga canadensis .... 32 



Betula lenta 35 



Populus tremuloides 1.5 



Ouercus macrocarpa 2 



The more important shrubby plants 

 found here were Corylus rostrata, Alnus 

 incana, on the banks of the stream, 

 Ribes cynosbati, Prunus virginiana, Rn- 

 bus strigos2ts, Acer spicaium, Sambncus 

 racemosa, Tax-its canadensis, Cornns 

 alterni/olia, and C. circinata. Of the 

 herbaceous plants, Mitchclla rcpcns, Py- 

 rola rotundi folia, Epigcca repcns, Adian- 

 tum pedatuin, Ranunculus recurvatus, 

 Mitella diphylla, Phegopteris dryoptcrh, 

 Aralia racemosa, Sanguinaria canaden- 

 sis, Campanula rotundifolia, Circtea al- 

 pina, Viola cucnllata. 



