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southern, western, or southwestern aspects ; but 

 became subordinate to the latter on the cooler 

 slopes. In many cases White Pine was also 

 found in abundance on northern slopes, but 

 not as a rule. 



The bottoms of the deep ravines where the 

 White Pine grows are usually occupied by Hem- 

 locks, or such hardwoods as Yellow Birch, 

 Chestnut, and Red Maple, with an occasional 

 Ash, and rarely a Yellow Poplar. Where the 

 slope is very long and broken by a series of 

 benches or small table-lands, the latter are 

 often covered with Oaks and Chestnut, while 

 the slopes themselves are clothed chiefly with 

 Pine and Hemlock. At the top of the slopes 

 the White Pine stops suddenly, and upon the 

 very summit of the mountains, on poor soil, 

 the Jack Pine usually takes its place. The 

 Pitch Pine, as it is elsewhere and better named, 

 grows, in many cases, to be a large, tall, clear- 

 shafted tree, and yields admirable timber for 

 mine-props. At the heads of the runs the 

 White Pine extends further back upon the 

 mountain-tops, and often occurs scatteringly 

 with the Jack Pine. 



The soil on these slopes is derived, for the 

 most part, from the disintegration of sandstone, 

 and varies from coarse white sand to loamy 



