140 



Repomt of the Forest Commission. 

 Table III — {Continued). 



DIAMETER— Inches. 



Spruce. 



Hemlock. 



Maple. 



Birch. 



Beech. 



Total. 



24 



5 



4 

 6 

 4 

 6 

 2 

 2 



2 



"i 

 "2 



"i 

 2 



"i 



1 



1 

 2 



3 

 2 



3 



1 



...... 





11 



25 



6 



26 



9 



27 



4 



28 



8 



29 



5 



30 



3 



31 



1 



32 



33 



1 



3 



1 



34 







35 



36 



"i 



202 



1 

 2 









58 



81 



101 



132 



574 



The average diameters are : Spruce, 17J- inches ; hemlock, 

 17 inches; maple, 14f inches; yellow birch, 16f inches, 

 and beech, 14J inches. This average does not include trees 

 of less than nine inches in diameter. Number of trees to the 

 acre (nine inches or more in diameter), 144, or less than one to 

 each square rod.* 



The statistics in the next following table are based on measure- 

 ments and counts made by Foresters Olmsted and Sanford, who 

 were instructed to measure and count the rings of tree growth 

 on 1,000 trees. Of this number the first 700 were examined on 

 Lots 33 and 34, Township 20, Town of Santa Clara, Franklin 

 county. This piece of forest is situated about four miles west of 

 the Upper Saranac lake and lies between Floodwocd and Long 

 Ponds. 



The 203 specimens next following were examined in St. Law- 

 rence county on Lots 34 and 35, Township 3, Town of 

 Hopkinton. 



The remaining 97, embracing specimens 903-1,000, were 

 measured and counted on Lots 50 and 63, Township 3, Town of 

 Hopkinton, St. Lawrence county. 



Each locality was covered by a virgin forest, the trees 

 examined being the first that had been cut in that vicinity. The 



* Not including the young trees under nine inches in diameter, of which there was the usual 

 number intermixed with the undergrowth. 



