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disappeared very rapidly, and but comparatively few specimens of this 

 .natural forest growth may now be found. There are still enough, however, 

 to repay one interested in the subject to visit the groves still in existence in 

 southern Illinois. 



CHARACTERISTIC GROWTH Ol- CATALPA SPECIOSA WHEN GROWN IN OPEN FIELD. 



THIS TREE GREW FROM A STAKE IN THE RAIL FENCE, ALL THE RAILS 



BEING OK CATALPA. IT IS SIX FEET DIAMETER, COVERS 15 



FEET CIRCUIT, AND IS 00 FEET HIGH 



THE FARLINGTON PLANTATION. 



The writer here quotes from a Government report, and gives numerous 

 tables, estimates of values, etc. Continuing the subject, he says : 



The average value per acre is seen from the table to be $390.21. This 

 would give for the whole plantation of 400 acres a value of $156,084. 



[This tract of 640 acres was cleared during the year 1904 and realized $100,000 for 

 the Frisco Railway.] 



