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30 to 50 feet high. In some abandoned clearings common pine 

 is coming up. There is some tamarack in the swamp south of 

 Drakesville, and it is also found in the swamp on Black river 

 from Horton station to Succasunna. 



German valley is generally deforested, especially from Naugh- 

 right down to Califon. 



On the long, narrow ridge at the southeast side of German 

 valley, and running from Succasunna plains to Califon, there is 

 a considerable amount of timber on the northwest slope, mainly 

 chestnut and oak, ranging from 4 to 18 inches in diameter and 

 20 to 50 feet high, and it appears to be generally attached to 

 farms and utilized in connection therewith. 



Taking now the extension of the Passaic range southwest from 

 Dover and Denville, we find generally about one-half of the coun- 

 try in timber, the greatest amount of cleared land being about 

 Mendham and on the Upper Whippany, including Morris Plains. 

 Along the west face of the plateau from Port Oram to Ironia, 

 timber is from 6 to 12 inches in diameter and 30 to 45 feet high, 

 while south of Port Oram, on the hill, it is good, but rather thin. 

 Just south of Dover there has been some clearing near the town, 

 but otherwise the hills are covered with a good growth, prin- 

 cipally chestnut and oak, 6 to 16 inches in diameter and 30 to 

 40 feet high. Elsewhere in Randolph township it usually varies 

 from 4 to 10 inches in diameter to from 6 to 16 inches, and there 

 has been some recent cutting, but it is not extensive. The hills 

 between Franklin and Rockaway are timbered with a growth 

 40 years old or younger. Some has lately been cut off, and prob- 

 ably one-half is less than 20 years old. West of Franklin, on 

 the same ridge, it is from 6 to 10 inches in diameter, and ' 30 to 

 45 feet high, mostly oak and chestnut. The timber east of Den 

 brook, over to Morris Plains, also appears to range up to about 

 45 years old, something near half being of this age, and the rest 

 generally less than 20 years old. Oak and chestnut prevail. 

 Near Camp Tabor several large trees have recently been cut, 

 which had stood in the open with plenty of room. They were 

 all 35 years old, measured from 24 to 34 inches across the stump, 

 and were from 40 to 50 feet high, sound at the heart. A case 

 was mentioned here of a wood lot, the timber of which was from 

 40 to 50 years old, for which an offer had been made of $100 per 



