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open forest, may be expected to produce posts worth thirty- 

 live cents in about thirty years, and posts worth seventy-five 

 cents in forty to fifty years, on the basis of present prices. 

 These prices, I understand, correspond approximately to 

 diameters on the stump of six and ten inches, respectively.'' 

 (Geol. Kpt., '95, Pinchot, 188.) 



Taxus hrevi folia, EFutt. Yew. 



"Damp woods in the northern counties. Bergen : Common 

 on the Palisades. Passaic : Greenwood lake. Sussex : 

 Swartswood lake, near Ogdensburg." (Britton.) 



Juglans cinerea, L. Butternut. 



"Ocean and Monmouth: Banks of streams, rare. Mercer: 

 On hills near Princeton, and frequent in woods in the northern 

 counties. A tree with leaves having from three to five leaflets 

 only was found by Bev. E. E. Butler, near Morristown, 1886." 

 (Britton.) 



Juglans nigra, L. Black Walnut. Walnut. 



In low woods. Frequent, except in the Pine Barrens. 

 "The walnut is a valuable tree for its wood and nuts. 

 Although associated with rich woods, it grows rapidly in the 



Fig. 7. 

 Juglans nigra, 1a. Black Walnut. Walnut. From Sargent's " Trees of North America." 



light, loamy soils of South Jersey. Several very handsome 

 specimens may be seen in Atlantic and Cape May counties." 

 (Geol. Kpt., '94, Gilford, 283.) 



