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With the eradication of the Colebrook forest Connecticut's 

 primeval woodlands have become practically a thing of history, 

 for the few vestiges of virgin timber that are still preserved 

 serve as little more than poor reminders of the grandeur which 

 the forests of the past must have possessed. Of the areas of 

 this sort which have come to the writer's attention three are 

 situated in the northwestern part of the state. One of these (fig. 

 4), on the estate of Mr. Carl Stoeckel at Norfolk, so far as it 



Fig. 4. Beech in Norfolk forest. 



goes is an almost exact counterpart of the Colebrook forest. 

 Another is in the upper part of Sage's Ravine, a wild, picturesque 

 spot in the town of Salisbury. Here hemlock and yellow birch 

 are the prevailing trees, while moosewood, striped maple, yew, 

 hobble bush, and laurel are abundant. The resemblance to the 

 Colebrook forest is again noticeable, but an even higher degree of 



