CONTENTS 



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List of illustrations 7 



Introduction 9 



Climate 11 



Lumbering 12 



Agriculture 13 



Effect of lumbering upon the present vegetation 14 



Preservation of natural areas 17 



Catalog of plants 18 



Vegetation of selected excursion routes 158 



1 Glacial moraine bogs 159 



2 Allegheny river valley 162 



a Vegetation of the higher benches 163 



b Vegetation of the lower benches 165 



c Alluvial banks of the Allegheny river 167 



d Bayou or " Ox -bow " near Cold Spring 169 



e Railroad embankments 171 



3 Tunungwant valley 173 



4 Balsam swamp in Red House valley 177 



5 Huckleberry hill 179 



6 River bluffs toward Elko 181 



7 Elko mountain 182 



8 Quaker run (streamside vegetation) 186 



9 Stony brook trail 190 



10 Streamside trail to the " Rocks " 196 



11 Slide hollow 198 



12 Blacksnake mountain 200 



13 Bradford road near the state line 202 



14 ''Big Basin " or headwaters of Stoddard brook 203 



15 Headwaters of Red House creek 207 



16 Salamanca "Rock City" 208 



Statistics of the Flora 211 



Bibliography 212 



Map of Allegany State Park and vicinity, facing 212 



Index 213 



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