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Sargent's List of Forest Trees, 



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List of Forest and other Trees, Northwest of the Riv 

 OJiio. By WINTHROP SARGENT, esq. 



Bosionf January/, 17S7. 

 R. Sargent does himself the honour of presenting to 

 his Excellency Governour Bowdoin, the President of 

 the Academy of Arts and Sciences, a brief descriptive list 

 of the forest and other trees, N. W. of the river Ohio to 

 the latitude of 38°. They are not well arranged, but in 

 the same order in which they fell within his observations ; 



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and were noted merely for comparison with the woods east 

 of the Allegany Mountains^ and for his own private satis- 

 faction, A suoff^estion from one of his friends, that this 



may possibly contribute to the natural history of N 



ices him to offer it to his Excellency 



th 



America, induces 



most respectful compliments. 



Oaks : Spanish, Black, White, and Chesnut Oaks, from 

 eighteen inches to six feet diameter ; Swamp White Oak, from 

 twelve inches to five feet ; and Black Jack Oak, to two feet ; 

 another species of White Oak, not large, smooth bark and 

 bearing a sweet acorn : two feet diameter 

 . Yellow and White Poplar, six and eight feet diameter 

 and very lofty. Canoes of seventy feet length, and five 

 ^QQi breadth, are made of them, and 

 thirty five horse load of skins. 



Elms, of six feet diameter. 



Sugar Tree or sweet Maple, of five feet diameter ; very 



and 



pable of transp 



beneficial to the country, as great quantities of sugar 



almost 



