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J/. Fraseri Walt. (Wahoo) is a small tree, one to two 

 feet in diameter. Very common in western district; used 

 medicinally, rarely for lumber; very ornamental. 



Liriodendron Tiilipifera L. (Yellow Poplar): Four to 

 eight feet in diameter, one hundred to one hundred and 

 twenty feet high. Occurs in all districts; very common in 

 western. Lumber is used in building verv extensively, for 

 interior wood-w^ork and cheap furniture. The chief bodies 

 standing are in Watauga, Yancey, Mitchell, Swain, north- 

 ern Graham, ]\Iacon, Jackson, Transylvania, Wilkes and 

 Alleghany. Altogether there is 50,000,000 feet of poplar 

 lumber in these counties. The trees have been removed 

 adjacent to the large rivers and around towns, as it is the 

 building material of this section. Still abundant in the 

 western tier of the midland counties, except along the 

 railroads. 



Tilia Americana L. (Linn.): A middle-sized tree, fre- 

 quent in the higher mountains and mixed with T. Jietero- 

 pliylla Vent. (Linn.), which is very common throughout the 

 mountains, except around thick settlements, where it has 

 been cut in winter, so cattle could feed upon its buds. Very 

 abundant in Swain, Jackson, Macon, Transylvania, Yan- 

 cey, Mitchell, W^atauga and Ashe. The w^ood is light, 

 soft and white; rarely sawn for ceiling. It is useful for 

 making paper. 



T. pubescens Ait. (Linn.): Very frequent in rich alluvial 

 places along the coast. Same uses and character as the 

 above species, but smaller. 



.^scnlus Jiava Ait. (Buckeye): Very abundant as a large 

 tree on damp soil throughout the mountain district. It is 

 not used commercially except around Bryson City, Swain 

 county, where it is manufactured into excelsior. 



Acer saccharhinum Wang. (Sugar ]\Iaple or Sugar I'ree): 

 Very common throughout all mountain counties, where it 

 reaches a height of ninety to one hundred feet and a diame- 



