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chestnut 13, yellow poplar 7, basswood 

 6, hickories 5, birch 2, maple 2, others 8. 

 Some fine stands of virgin timber. 



Supervisor's headquarters at Frank- 

 lin, N. C.J (L. & N. R. R.). Forest 

 accessible from Tallulah Falls, Ga. 

 (So. Ry.), Murphy, N. C. (So. Ry., 20 

 mi. (a)), and Lake Toxaway (So. Ry., 

 12 to 30 mi. (a)). 



Natural Bridge National Forest {Vir- 

 ginia). Area 143,386 acres in the Blue 

 Ridge Mountains, mostly in Rock- 

 bridge, Amherst, Botetourt, and Bed- 

 ford Counties. Altitudes are between 

 1000 and 3000 ft., with some peaks in the 

 neighborhood of 4000 ft. The forest 

 types are of the Appalachian plateau 

 and intermediate groups. There is no 

 subalpine type. The Forest Service 

 saw timber estimate of 1916 indicated 

 the following percentages of important 

 species: chestnut 40, oaks 36, yellow 

 pines 4, yellow poplar 3, hickories 2, 

 hemlock 2, white pine 2, others 11. 

 The chestnut blight {Endofhia para- 

 sitica) has reached an advanced stage. 



Supervisor's headquarters at Lynch- 

 burgt (Southern Ry.; C. & O. R. R. 

 and N. & W. R. R.). The Forest may 

 also be reached from Natural Bridge 

 by automobile or on foot. 



On the border of the Forest is the 

 Natural Bridge ravine, which was 

 presented by George III to Thomas 

 Jefferson in 1774. (See Harshberger, 

 John W.: "The Forest of the Natural 

 Bridge of Virginia." Forest Leaves, 

 9: 42-44, June, 1903. See also American 

 Forestry, 2: 238.) 



Ozark National Forest {Arkansas). 

 Area 291,526 acres of rolling and moun- 

 tainous country on the divide of Boston 

 Mountains, north of the Arkansas 

 River. There are three detached tracts, 

 the western in Franklin, Crawford, 

 and Washington Counties, the central 

 mostly in Newton, Pope, and Johnson 

 Counties, and the eastern in Stone and 

 Ba.xter Counties. The altitudes are 

 between 600 and 1800 ft. in the eastern, 

 and 1500 and 2000 in the two others. 

 Undisturbed areas are found in the west- 

 ern division near Cass, the central divi- 



sion near Simpson, Lurton, and Crowell, 

 and the eastern division, accessible 

 from Sylamore. 



Supervisor's headquarters at Russell- 

 villet (Mo. Pac. Ry.). The western 

 division is accessible (h) and probably 

 at times by automobile from Ozark, 

 Ark., 12 mi. N.W. on Mo. Pac. Ry.; 

 or from Combs, on Frisco (St. Paul 

 Branch from Fayetteville) over Cass, 

 Combs, and Eastern Ry., a logging road, 

 carrying passengers to within 1^ mi. of 

 Cass. The central division may be 

 reached from Russellville, by auto 

 to Lurton, and other points; the Forest 

 Service maintains a 34 mile road through 

 this tract, and connecting links are being 

 completed, making it the most scenic 

 route in the State. The eastern division 

 is accessible from Sylamore (Mo. Pac. 

 Ry.), ferry to W. Sylamore, (regular 

 auto service) IS mi. of government 

 road with 17 mi. through forest to Big 

 Flat or Mountain View. 



Pisgah National Forest {North Caro- 

 lina). Area 269,000 acres. There are 

 four divisions: The Grandfather Moun- 

 tain (Boone), most of which is in Avery, 

 Caldwell and Burke Counties; the Mount 

 Mitchell, in McDowell, Mitchell, Yan- 

 cey, and Buncombe Counties; the 

 Pisgah, in Buncombe, Henderson, Tran- 

 sylvania, and Haywood Counties; and 

 the French Broad, in Cocke and Green 

 Counties, Tenn., and Madison County, 

 N. C. The Pisgah division is a national 

 game preserve. The Mount Mitchell 

 division is adjacent to the Mount Mit- 

 chell State Park, which occupies the 

 high ridge and peaks of the Black Moun- 

 tains, including Mt. Mitchell (altitude 

 6711 ft.). Most of the National Forest 

 lies between altitudes of 2000 and 5000 

 ft., and the prevailing vegetation is 

 that of the intermediate Appalachian 

 types, with intrusion of the plateau 

 types at the lower altitudes. At a 

 few points there are elevations of over 

 6000 ft. The subalpine types occur at 

 altitudes of usuallj^ over 4500 ft.; spruce 

 and fir are found in small amounts in all 

 four divisions of the Forest. 



The prevailing tree species are indi- 



