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Dec 8. 1917 To Ralyn & Westbury & Whitty 77
Temp 20° Cloudy N.E. wind Snowing
when I reached Ralyn.
Identified the following trees:
White Pine. Pinus Strobus
Austrian or Black P. " Carico
Scotch Fir " Sylvestris
Hemlock Tsuga Canadensis
Arbor vitae - White Cedar Thuja occidentalis
Red Cedar Juniperus Virginiana
Silver poplar. Populus alba
White-hart Hickory - Mockernut -
Carya Alba
" Glabra.
The two Hickories identified by 'fruit'?
Pig nut Hickory
Gray Birch Betula populifolia
Oaks - while identified by leaves &
Scarlet (coccinea) by acorns & leaves
Sweet Gum Liquidambar Styraciflua
Tayr Cherry trees - Introduced
Common Locust - Robinia - pseudo-acacia