HARDWOOD RECORD 



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obtai I from any other region." 



This resume, in brief, shows the character 

 of the hardwood forests of, the lower A.ppa 

 lachian range, locally known as the Great 

 Smoky mountains. In no wise has the Presi- 

 di'iit. exaggerated tlir 

 marvelous variety and 

 richness of forest growth 

 with which this region of 

 the United States is en- 

 dowed. 



It is the pnn Lnce of 

 this article to discuss 

 specifically what is per- 

 haps the best, the heav- 

 iest and the richest type 

 nf finest grnwth id' this 

 section — the forests of 

 the Little River Lumber 

 i lompany, located on the 

 headwaters of the Little 

 river, in Blount county, 

 Tennessee. This com- 

 pany's area of timber 

 comprises 93,000 acres. 

 It is situated on the 

 three prongs of the 

 Little river, and reaches 

 from the Chilhowee 

 mountains southward to 



the boundary of Ninth Carolina, and east- 

 ward just across the line of Sevier county, 

 Tennessee. Topographically, the country is 

 one of surpassing beauty and pieturesqueness, 

 and in variety and quality of timber growth 



is not excelled by any equal area in tin 

 markably rich forest section. 



A conservative i stimate plai 

 growing on the property of the I. ml. River 

 Lumber Company at approximati Ij a bi 



LOGGING RAILWAY ALONG UPPER REACHES LITTLE RIVER 



feet. The pictures herewith shown give only 

 a faint idea of the variety and character of 

 this growth. The tree photographs, in which 

 fifteen varieties of wood are exhibited, were 

 made without selecting trees of remarkable 



but simply of types t.i illustrate the 

 character of thi than 



a, within the fi 

 is a vast quantity of hemlock of large and 



" maples 



in abundance, dogw I. 



■ ucumber, 

 and halt' a dozen other 



In a largor proportion 

 of growth than in any 

 other locality is the i 

 niliient furniture \ 



w I. known local 1; 



silverbell tree, chittam, 

 peaw I or bellwood, of 



which it is estimate. I that 



this tract contains up- 

 wards of 30, 1,000 



This is a wood that 

 i found in commer- 

 cial quae' 



Blount, Sn ier and Mun- 

 r lounties, Tennessee, 



and is one Of the 1 1 : i j j . 1 - 



somest cabinet woods 



states. The color is 

 rich, the grain very 

 much involved and inclined to burl, and it is 

 the ideal rotan veni of 1 he COU1 



To refer specifically to the trees Bhi 

 the pictures in this ai tide, thi dimi nsions of 

 the various specimens are as follows: 



CHERRY. 



SILVERBELL TREE. 



HICKORY. 



