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sometimes untillable by reason of poor drainage. The soil is here made 
up largely of organic matters in process of decay. The county originally 
was mostly covered with a deciduous forest. The prairies, even, in Dal- 
las and Whetstone townships, have some small oaks and hickories scat- 
tered through them on knolls of coarser Drift that rise above the com- 
mon flat. 
The following varieties of timber were observed in traveling over the 
county. This list can not be regarded as complete, but embraces the 
most prominent varieties : 
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ve DICOLOT(S weal weber O@aka)nvancceescecsesiesscesseescne ose acen aes Willd. 
: Castanea (ChestinwtiOakoy i.e. a oes te odeaseieese coset tse Willd. 
ie TORE TAONCLES (CO) airraveWEy e111) cascacce0 Bocca Hodes} coGdbG0B0 060000 SHOOK. Willd. 
a MUO AMC O MK us is lhiinaisedes oseisecte vasa eames soxaeuireness L. 
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SUGAREVUNE HE JACCMSACCIMATIMUM .ccars aseecesesfeecire eceece nscossisceecs vaceecieste ss Wang 
ComKoOnwOOD— HO pPULU Ss mOMIUTCTA Me coese sense ccaedcceslceds scecsescietaneslecnsedie ss Ait. 
TAN AO MAN HoT IU CAMA cee ssicccieelstescsleceretcsessceesacperesccenrock soceccatsllcdses Willd. 
BUCK Orunnye “Panis Serotinays..: vsti bene oie ee le dees hr. 
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MUMIPMR ME Mim OGdeMaroOMm TULNPITEralscrs-c sosces coceee oo cces sceces ooeceeeresoone L. 
PEM UDC Mace Ny SSe IMU DIT OLA vescssrsclesirses/<tesscleseeipecsaleeeccc scares cance soreaese Wang. 
UGK AIS OUNUISE OTA DLA cL. cu scatesesosevseaciececsassescceessae coneesvageccceosueoce Willd. 
WRENS EL OATS NATNCTICAMALL Jc. .hocescscdscchacs cevecncscbebeccescodeeece L. 
SV PAMPER INE AICO TMU MUM sscl. dese ctsanded vests costes icetes ebesedcestereotbesines L 
SASSMMRAS CASS INASKON CIMAIG fy.n0) eebedees condehievedehcdloebeccds sede deo scalvelt sect Nees 
BASS WOOD Mt AVA I CTI CAD AE Lc d.tlokloeses casviesisvsnacecusecstb ess pecese cclicodevseeess L 
SM OAMOR He tal AtAMUS OCCIAEMLANIG et oar. s, dociedseasaeeissiennalecescsedelowsceeeoebanens L 
Iron woop—Ostrya VirginiCa.......2....cec05 seeeee Godis die unin Uieaoewutevanewectore at Willd. 
RUMP OREOH—— OAR MIMS AIM CTICANAL secascesccscsssclsecctelsoosetcosoccecs cestooncess Michx. 
HONmYe Locust—Gileditsehia triacanthos)..::.)....c..seccossscns eoosescoslcceess coe L, 
IASBENE LOU MSR KEMNULOLGES sunt sh ditonscheccsviceccestocsessleesese coweeesssctteen res Michx, 
Wittow—Salix nigra (tree a foot in diameter; wet places; leaf small, 
HeaMn@ ea lina Gai) Memeo, se CMe ts So Le) ied eal Ales Noa Ss SS Sa a Marsh. 
Cuxrstnut—Castanea vesca (in Auburn township, Sec. 10, and spar- 
IMelveatmoeesvilleandGaliOm))\.. 0. ccccesenssssedesecscetcs L. 
HORNE OTAAC HUST COCCIM CA. cc vccecevccesetcslsecseccsciensaserce cngeceicosossie ersten L. 
GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE. 
The strike of the formations is north and south across the county, the 
dip being toward the east. The rocks of the county pertain to the 
