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Thus, in the eastern part of the county, where the sandstone beds lie 

 nearly horizontal wherever exposed, there are short undulations in the 

 natural surface of over three hundred feet, and that, too, without any ex- 

 posure of the rock. It is altogether improbable that the Drift has that 

 thickness. It is more reasonable to suppose that the rocks themselves 

 suffered erosion, and embraced valleys running according to the direction 

 of drainage before the deposit of the Drift. 



Soil and Timber.— The soil of the county presents great diversity. The 

 fiat portions of the county have a heavy clay soil. The sandstone dis- 

 trict, and the belt of rolling land that marks the junction of the Berea 

 grit with the Bedford shale, have a lighter and more porous soil. Stones 

 and gravel are almost never seen in the western part of the county, but 

 in the eastern the plow turns them up constantly. The timber varies 

 noticeably with the change in the soil. Probably one-half of the native 

 forest trees in the county are beech, while another quarter is made up of 

 sugar maple; ash, and oak. The chestnut is confined to the rolling and 

 gravelly portions of the county. In the survey of the county the follow- 

 ing species of timber were noted: 



Quercus alba (White Oak) L. 



imbricaria (Shingle Oak) Michx. 



palustris (Pin Oak) Du Roi. 



tinctoria (Black Oak) Bart. 



rubra (Red Oak) L. 



oastanea (Chestnut Oak) Willd. 



bicolor (Swamp White Oak) Willd. 



Acer saccharinum (Sugar Maple) Wang. 



Acer rubrum (Swamp Maple) L. 



Castanea vesca (Chestnut). Only in the eastern part of the county... L. 



Ulmus Americana (American Elm) Willd. 



Fraxinus Americana (White Ash) L. 



Platanus occidentalis (Sycamore) L. 



Fraxinus quadrangulata (Blue Ash) Michx. 



Gleditschia triacanthos (Honey Locust) L. 



Nyssa multiflora (Gum) Wang. 



Juglans nigra (Black Walnut) L. 



Prunus serotina (Black Cherry) Ehr. 



Liriodendron tulipifera (Tulip Tree) L. 



Ostrya Virginica (Ironwood) Willd. 



Carya alba (Shagbark Hickory) Nutl. 



Carpinus Americana (Water Beech, eight inches diameter) Michx. 



Tilia Americana (Basswood) L. 



Ulmus fulva (Slippery, or Red Elm) Michx. 



Juglans cinerea (Butternut) L. 



Salix nigra (Black Willow) Marsh. 



