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Glen. Down the hill, about 30 feet to the northwest, is another 

 fine red oak (9 feet, 1 inch in circumference measured 4 feet 

 from the base on the south side) with strong buttressing roots, 

 and a little further on, in the same direction, one of the native 

 hemlocks. 



2. Shorakapkok Glen. To explore the Glen we now go back 

 on the road about thirty paces, passing by a few plants of the 

 rather rare wineberry (Riibus phoenicolasius), its stems covered 

 with reddish bristles. At length we reach a path which leads 

 down the hill past a rather large witch hazel on the right, with 

 a fine specimen of sweet birch on the left further on. Now the 

 path turns abruptly to descend northward down through Shora- 

 kapkok Glen. In a few paces we arrive at a little rivulet — per-, 

 haps the upper end of the gushing spring at the bottom of the 

 valley — with a splendid hemlock on the right and a spice bush 

 on the opposite side leaning over to reach the water. An army 

 of jewelweed approaches from above. Continuing down the 

 valley we come upon a large colony of staghorn sumac, some 

 individuals being of unusually large size and measuring over a 

 foot in circumference at the base, and over twenty feet in height. 

 The smooth sumac may also be seen here, as well as the slippery 

 elm. Below we come out into a considerable open space with 

 occasional butternuts and clumps of large staghorn sumac. In 

 the woods on our right are tall tulip trees and red oaks mingled 

 with occasional sweet birches, flowering dogwood, and rarely 

 slippery elm and chestnut oak. Over on the left, along the rocky 

 cliffs, we spy the moonvine luxuriously clambering over the 

 young trees, as well as bitternut hickory, black cherry, and some 

 small hackberries. We come to intersecting paths with a tall 

 tulip at the junction, and looking back up the valley can easily 

 imagine the Indian squaws tending their crops of maize, beans, 

 and squashes. If, indeed, they raised any crops at all, this, 

 deep, rich soil was the ideal spot for their garden. 



Turning to the left, in about thirty paces we pass by a 

 paulownia tree with a young shagbark hickory nearby. Other 

 paulownias may be seen further up the rocky slope. With 

 their leaves always in 2's and with a tendency to form short 

 pointed lobes here and there, they can be readily distinguished 

 from the catalpa with its entire leaves, usually in whorls of 

 three. On the right at this point we see some of the finest, 

 tallest, and straightest tulip trees in the Glen-like cathedral 



