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TABLE XVI. 



Acre No. 5. 



Lot No. 12, Roaring Brook Tract, Essex County, N. Y. 



SPECIES. 



Trees. 



Diameters 

 in inches. 



Standards. 



Feet, B. M. 



Cords. 



Black Spruce (Plcea nigra). 

 Hemlock ( Tsuga Cana- 

 densis) 



36 



40 



6 



12 

 43 



1 



9-20 



8—26 



9—26 



11—28 

 6—19 



20— 



15.49 



17.37 



6.60 



2,834 

 3,178 

 1,208 



4 



White Cedar {Thuya occi- 

 dental's) 





Hard Maple (Acer sacchar- 

 inum) 





Beech (Fagus ferruginea) . 



White Ash (Fraxinus 



Americana) 









Totals 



138 





39.46 



7,220 



4 







Notes. — This acre was selected in a primitive forest, growing on a " bench " or natural ter- 

 race, well watered, with a northerly exposure. The undergrowth, in addition to the nurslings 

 of the dominant species, was composed largely of Mountain Maple {Acer spicatum), with 

 occasional specimens of Striped Maple (Acer Pennsylvanicum) . The growth under and near the 

 hemlocks was completely covered in places wiih the American Yew or Ground Hemlock 

 (Taxus Canadensis). 



TABLE XVII. 



Acre No. 1. 



Lot No. 206, Township 1 i, 0. M. Tract, Essex County, N. Y. 



SPECIES. 



Black Spruce (Picea nigra). 



Hemlock ( Tsuga Cana- 

 densis) 



Balsam (Abies balsamea) . . 



Yellow Birch (Betula iutea) 



Hard Maple (Acer sacchar- 

 inurn) 



Totals 



Trees. 



52 



26 

 44 



37 



14 



173 



Diameters 

 in inches. 



5—16 



9—28 

 7—16 

 6-20 



8—22 



Standards. 



14.49 



20.00 

 9.00 



43.49 



Feet, B. M. 



2,651 



3,660 

 1,647 



7,958 



Cords. 



Notes.— This lot (206, Township 11) was lumbered about 33 years ago by C. F. Norton, at 

 which time the pine and spruce were cut ; but the spruces under 10 inches in diameter were 

 not taken. Since then - about 16 years ago — it was cut over again, at which time some white 

 ash and yellow birch was taken, as well as the larger spruce. 



This acre strip was measured off on level land, not low enough to be swampy, but a bench of 



table land. The crown covering is dense; and the timber, with the exception of the hemlock 



and some of the hardwoods, seems to be a second growth,— that is, it has been growing among 



first-growth trees, and has made a rapid progress after the interlucation made by cutting out 



he larger trees. 



