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Common forest trees of North Carolina

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  • FOR EST" TRE&S ■&&.*%&*=* -{~>-i$!&*m?-es -e>-#^«^s>-e ^-$^<<^-&-<$> ■$&?.<%& classed as forest land; that most of this has had the greater part or all of the merchantable timber cut from it; and that through destructive lumbering, turpentining, roving livestock and forest fires, this timber has been replacing itself very slowly or not at all. It should also be remembered that a happy change is taking place. Landowners are cutting more carefully ; cattle and hogs have been controlled in nearly all our counties; and protection, from fires is being extended as rapidly as County, State and Federal funds become available. The chief thing lacking now is the interest and co-operation of the people of the towns as well as of the country in growing and protecting our trees and forests. If this little book will bring about a better understanding of trees and a greater appreciation of their aesthetic and economic value to us and those who come after, its purpose will have been accomplished. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Director N. C. Geol. and Econ. Survey. A TREE. A tree is one of nature's words, a word of peace to man; A word that tells of central strength from whence all things began; A word to preach tranquillity to all our restless elan. Ah, bare must be the sha-deless ways, and bleak the path must be. Of him who, having open eyes, has never learned to see, And so has never learned to love the beauty of a tree. Who loves a tree, he loves the life that springs in stars and clod, He loves the love that gilds the clouds, and greens the April sod; He loves the Wide Beneficence; his soul takes hold on God. —From "Arbor and Bird Day Manual for North Carolina, 1915."
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