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CONTENTS. 
Tree species found in western Kansas and Nebraska—Continued. Page 
Western serviceberry _..__._.-.--._______-------.-----..--------- ee. 37 
ELAS ok =o Gon ees Sie ee BS cheno ct ae ee ee 38 
Bsr t Uo Myo) hsb s+ peer ene Re ee eNO NESE. A 38 
(NG KGGH GIT y Rie ee es ee ee ee 38 
Mes qt tGs Ae 2: Sa ao ee Se ee ee 38 
(CORR G EGS ea ee a eee 38 
DIWark THAD: 232 Fo 2 Gace ee hee 39 
Bowelder 2.3.28 Soe ee al A 39 
Wild-clinaé..- 25 222 sce sc eee eee 39 
BOSS WOO 63 2 as ace ee dole ais 15. eee 39 
DRUGUIN WOOO. -<. <ock em sesyee en dt noe eel ee 39 
POSE ee ee Pk eae Cee os hea ee 1, ce es Se 39 
Brad O DerTy 2 a6 ee oe oe ee a ee 40 
Tngee 2300) e ne ee eke ee a a Se eee ee eee 41 
[ILLUSTRATIONS 
PLATES. 
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PLateE I. White elm and hackberry forest at Stockton, Brooks County. 
Kans. er ee 5s oc omnia Saee Frontispiece. 
II. Fig. 1.—Natural pine oe est, Dawes Gauaie. Nebr. Fig. 2.— 
Typical sand-hill country, Thomas County, Nebr..---.-------- 12 
Ill. Fig. 1.—Ordinary reproduction of rock pine, Sioux County, Nebr. 
IV. 
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Vi. 
Fig. 2.—Young red cedar on the Bluffs. Hooker County, Nebr- 16 
Fig. 1.—View along the Niobrara River in Sheridan County, 
Nebr. Fig. 2.—The usual type of forest along creeks in Kansas 
and Nebraska. Fig. 3.—Young cottonwoods along the Arkan- 
sas River, Dodes, Kans- :---...225..2:.<<9-2 4g oe ee 24 
Fig. 1.—Thriving natural growth oF ie kberry, white elm, and 
ereen ash along a creek in Ness County, Kans. Fig. 2.—A 
clump of bur oak, which has taken possession of a prairie within 
twenty-five years, Buffalo County, Kans sa duicg ouag? a ee 30 
Fig. 1.—Thriving young growth of white elm, cofionn sod: and 
shrubbery. where cattle have been excluded, Saline River, Rus- 
sell County. Kans. Fig. 2.—Pastured bottomland, cnly one- 
half mile from where figure 1 was taken ___-__------.--------- 32 
MAP. 
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