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ter timber, ranging from 6 to 24 inches in diameter and 25 to 45 

 feet high. The timber on this hill is mostly oak, with some 

 chestnut, hickory and maple, and a good deal of red cedar about 

 the clearings. About Malapardis, Whippany, Troy Hills and 

 Parsippany much of the timber ranges from 6 to 18 inches in 

 diameter and 25 to 50 feet high, but there is some 24 inches in 

 diameter and 60 feet high. There appears to be no chestnut 

 here, but mainly oak, hickory and maple, all looking thrifty, and 

 there is very little cutting. There is also considerable red cedar 

 hereabouts, and on the lower lands a good deal of pin oak. 



On the uplands, between Pine Brook and Swinefield Bridge, 

 timber averages from 6 to 12 inches in diameter and 30 to 50 feet 

 high, with very little chestnut, being principally oak and hick- 

 'ory. It looks thriftier on the uplands than on the meadows, the 

 best of the timber being pin-oak. On the ridge between Whip- 

 pany and Passaic rivers, from Hanover Neck to Madison, the tim- 

 ber seems thrifty, and ranges from 7 to 12 inches in diameter and 

 30 to 50 feet high, and seems to be carefully preserved by the 

 owners. Between Whippany and Morristown, also, it is good, 

 ranging from 6 to 12 inches in diameter and 30 to 55 feet high, 

 but, for the most part, there is a little too much brush and yj^nng 

 growth. There does not appear to be any chestnut, excepting 

 along the banks of Whippany river, until we approach Morris- 

 town, and there is less red cedar than elsewhere. The timber is 

 also quite good on the ridge near Convent, ranging from 6 to 



24 inches in diameter, but there is considerable small growth 

 mixed through it. There is a little chestnut between Hanover 

 and Chatham, and* the timber here is also thrifty, ranging 

 from 4 to 24 inches in diameter, with most of the trees between 

 7 and II inches. South of Madison, on the ridge, timber 

 ranges from 6 to 24 inches in diameter and from 30 to 60 feet 

 high, this being much larger than most of the timber in this 

 neighborhood. The different kinds of oak predominate, but 

 there is also some chestnut and hickory, with a few elms, 

 maples, &c. On the upland, bordering the Great swamp, 

 most of the oak appears to have been cut' out within three years. 

 There are quite a good many chestnuts and hickories. The 

 larger trees left standing are from 6 to 1 1 inches in diameter and 



25 to 40 feet high. There is, also, quite a good deal of brush 



