Most lierbaoeoixs stems are green. Red is found raoreoften in 

 stems and petioles than in leaves. Kerner explains the red stem as 

 the red leaf ; that the red is a protection for the withdrav/al of 

 protoplasm. The hark of older trees, ixsually dark prohahly hecause 

 cells are dead. Exception, the hirch. There colors are prol)f^-bly 

 d\ie to presence of waste products. 



Field Work Julv 24-. 1900 . 



List of trees on east slope . 

 Quercus primus Chestnut Oak. Quercus coccinea Scarlet Oak. 



QpUercus ruhra Red Oak. Quercus alba IVhite Oak. 



Acer rub rum Red Maple. 



Castinea satina Americana Chestnut. 

 Pagiis ferringinea Beech. 

 Carya alba Shell bark Hickory. 



Betula lent a Sweet Birch. 



Prunus serotina Wild black cherry. 



Prunus cerasus Cultivated cherry. 



Robinia pseudocassia Locust. 

 Nyssa raultiflora Sour-gum. 



Tiiflt of Shrubs. 



Cornus Florida Dogwood. 



Clethra alnifolia Pepperbush. 

 Gaylussachia resinosa Huckleberry. 

 7accineum stamineum Blueberry. 



Vaccineura corymbroseum Swamp Blueberry. 



