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60 per cent. There is much more timber than on the Passaic 

 valley to the westward, but the contrast is still sharper with the 

 ■deforested country south and east. 



North of Campgaw there is an unbroken tract of about 

 2,000 acres of timber, covering the trap hill. It is principally 

 •chestnut and oak, about 50 feet high, and from 6 to 12 inches in 

 diameter in the northern portion, and from 20 to 40 feet high 

 and 3 to 8 inches in diameter in the southern part. From Camp- 

 gaw, by Sicomac to the Goffle, the timbered areas are more scat- 

 tering, and also more varied in character, but oak and chestnut 

 are still predominant. Over all these trap ridges red cedar pre- 

 vails, springing up spontaneously and persistently in abandoned 

 clearings. It is generally less than 20 feet in height. The 

 Goffle has some good oak and chestnut timber 50 to 70 years 

 old, from. 50 to 70 feet high, and 10 to 14 inches in diamet-er. 

 On Preakness mountain, and the ridge just west, the growth is 

 largely mixed with red cedar, and is of an inferior size and 

 quality on the trap, being much better on the red sandstone por- 

 tion of the eastern slope near the foot. Near Pompton lake 

 there is considerable good hemlock, this last being a rather 

 unusual growth for this part of the State. Second mountain, 

 about Caldwell and northward, has some fair oak, chestnut and 

 hickory. First mountain is not so well timbered, and has more 

 red cedar. Abandoned clearings are quite frequent, and the 

 whole of the growth is irregular and patchy. Most of the 

 timber is also younger than that in the Hackensack valley. 

 There is a noticeably greater prevalence of hickory on the trap 

 than on the red sandstone. 



Southwest from Caldwell and Verona the timber ranges, gen- 

 erally, from 4 to 12 yiches in diameter, and 20 to 45 feet 

 high. There is very little chestnut, excepting near Mont- 

 clair, on First mountain. On the same ridge, at Eagle Rock, 

 the timber is small. Around St. Cloud the growth ranges 

 all the way from 2 to 12 inches in diameter and from 10 to 

 45 feet high. On the east slope of First mountain, from West 

 Orange to Wyoming, there is also much variation in the size. 

 The west slope seems rather better wooded, ranging from 6 to 24 

 inches in diameter, with the larger part from 8 to 12 inches, 

 and there is less young growth. On Second mountain, about 



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