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Common forest trees of North Carolina

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  • FOREST TRE&S .o-f&e**^*-^ -e>m>«?3?-^ -e>-W6=><«3p-«s -s>-sggp-^-es -e>-#ggp<s$>, FOREWORD This handbook has been planned and published by the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey in order that our people may have a convenient book of reference, by the help of which they may learn to recognize the trees c ommon to their locality. Should the use of this handbook lead to the desire for further knowledge, the State Forester will gladly direct inquirers to literature on any phase of forestry. Bulletin 6 of the Survey, "The Timber Trees of North Carolina," by Gifford Pinchot and W. W. Ashe, has been out of print for many years, and while the present small book in no way takes its place, it does in part supply a demand for information concerning our trees which has each year become more insistent. The Survey hopes sometime in the future to prepare a volume on our trees more in keeping with the importance of the subject. Until that time, it is hoped that this manual will have the widest possible circulation. The text has been prepared by the State Forester in collaboration with the State Foresters of Tennessee, Virginia and Maryland, each of whom is adapting it to use in his own State and publishing it simultaneously. The style of the book and many of the descriptions have been based on similar manuals published by Massachusetts, Maine and Ver mont. The cuts, as will be noted, have been secured from several sources. Those of the foilage and fruit of many of the hardwoods and all of the hardwood twigs are from original drawings by Mrs. A. E. Doyle, made especially for this publication, and furnished free by the U. S. Forest Service. The other plates have been purchased or borrowed. Special acknowledgment is due to Prof. C. S. Sargent for figures illustrating the conifers (pines, cedars, etc.) which are from his "Manual of Forest Trees of North America," here used by permission of and by special arrangement with Houghton Mifflin Com- 2
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