Connecticut western news., 1914-03-12

is on s small triangle west of the Yil- lage. It was planted there in the first year of the 20th century. These Amer. ican White Films, (Ulmus Amerioanal are rather common in the pastures and the Slippery or Red Elm is also found. One of the village shade trees is of this species.
 Of Hickories the Shagbark, tOarya alba) is common enough to yield Il far supply of nuts aud there are other varieties. It's softer-hearted kinsman, the Butternut, (Juglans cIneria) bears more irregularly. but the Chestnut, (Castanea vesca) bears more steadily and is very common although the deadly Chestnut blight" is seriously affecting it. An immense chestnut tree stands by the road near the foot of Great Hill.
 "A glorious tree Is the oak" Red Mountain is said to have been named from the color given it by the dead oak leaves that wait through the winter for the buds of spring to push them of. There are many varieties here. Near the chapel in the village of Cornwall stands the "Oonstitution Oak" (Querous palustris) one of the many distributed to the different towns at the time of tho Constitutional Convention in 1909, which had no other result. A large white oak (Alba) that stands In the west road in front of Mir. Miller's house is cherished by the people of the village, and there are two fine trees on the grounds of Mir. Loucks. In Cornwall Hollow several very large oaks may be found on land owned by Mir. Gold. The Halfway tree" between Cornwall Bridge and Cornwall was large oak that has lain across Furnace Brook for year or two, and reminds one of Hills Fall of the Oak," though its fate is ignoble compared with the poets tree
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 The Birches are amply represented. especially those flair ladies of the wood" the canoe or paper birches, (Betula papyracea) which make the wiutry mountain.side picturesque. The yellow and black birches furnish better fuel.
 Among Poplars, the Cottonwood, (Populus monilifera) is sometimes seen, but the Aspen, (Populus tremnIoides) whence People Swamp" was named, if far more abundant.
 The five. leaved White Pine, (Pinus strobus) the tallest of our trees is proba- ply more common here than in any other town of the state. "The Pines," or "the Cathedral Pines" as outsiders sometimes call them, and especially "the Tree on the Rock, are half mile from the Green, They are the property of MT. J. E. Calhoun, who bought them to save them from the saw mill. They have often been photographed, sketched or painted and visitors often come from a distance to see them. A government report says that as piece of original forest they are unequaled by anything in the eastern states and not surpassed in the lake state. On the land of MT. John Murray is "the Lone Pine" near the West Cornwall road, which also attracts artists. It was one of grove that, back in last century, the owner trimmed up so thoroughly that the rest died and this has made very slow growth. West of the village of Cornwall some years since two large pines were cut one a little more and the other little less than 125 feet in height. The three leayed Pltch Pine, (Pinus rigidal occurs but Is not common.
 The Snowy Lady's Slipper, (oypripe- dium Spectabile) grows in several places and is eagerly sought as the most beauti- ful of our 27 or more orchids.
 The Red Lily, (Lilium Philadel- phicum) thrives here, often hearing three flowers on a stalk and have seen the Yellow Lily, (Lilium Canadense) with fourteen buds or blossoms on a single stalk. 1t seems to find our soil peculiarly congenial, grows sometimes to the height of eight feet and mas a large number of flowers.
 Of Uryptogamous Plants the Horse- tail, (Equisetum arveuse) here is not rare and three uncommon ones are found, E. scirpoider, k. variegatum and E. pratense. Ferns of many kinds abound although great quantities of them as we'll as of the Kalmia are yearly shipped to New York. Among the col lections in the library there are many local varieties which have been gathered and arranged by Miss $. Faye Benedict. It is said that a few years ago a very rare fern was discovered on Mohawk Mountain by Professor Underwood of Columbia University, whose death left it's precise location unknown. The Walking Fern, (Camptosorus rhizophyl- lus) is rarely seen, but the Maiden hair, (Adiantum pedatum) is plentiful.
 An herbarium intended to contain specimens of all the Cornwall fora is in l,,, tt,o Iyhraxgan Mice Marxy