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Remarks. 



The red bud ; the pawpaw ; grape-vines of several species, and 

 growing to a great size ; sassafras ; the black willow, confined 

 to the streams ; the box elder, the common elder, of two 

 species ; the sumach, of two species ; several species of goose- 

 berries ; and a great many others too numerous to be men- 

 tioned here. Among the herbaceous plants we must not omit 

 the ginseng, the Virginia snakeroot, the columbo, and the 

 puccoon, two or three thousand pounds of the roots of which 

 are annually carried by the inhabitants to our Atlantic cities. 

 Among the trees, those belonging to the oak family are the 

 most numerous, if not the most valuable. Split into rails, the 

 farmer builds fences with them, and sawed into plank, boards, 

 and scantling, they furnish materials for houses and barns. The 

 sugar maple is sufficiently abundant, so that brown sugar 

 enough is manufactured for domestic purposes. The syca- 

 more is the largest tree along the river, and the poplar is the 

 largest on the hills. The latter grows by the side of the ma- 

 ple and the beach, and is a most valuable wood for the house- 

 builder and the cabinetmaker. This tree is frequently four 

 and five feet in diameter, and continues of nearly the same 

 size as it ascends, 40, 50, and sometimes even 60 feet. 



Streams. 



The Ohio is the eastern boundary of this county, forming 

 wide intervales along its banks. Indian Wheeling is a fine 

 mill stream rising in Harrison county, and after crossing this, 

 empties into the Ohio, opposite the town of Wheehng, which 

 stands on the Virginia side. 



