r.M.L-NATlVK KOKKSI TKKIS OF KAS1 F.KN ARKANSAS " , 



the (icoloiiicnl Siu-vcv. 1(» study .-omcwliat cti-cfullv the t rci^ 

 llora <»r the rcirion rust <»f t!n> Iron M(timt;iin R:iili-<»:i(l iiikJ 

 jiortli of the Arkjiiisas KiNcr. These oi-iiiiiial notes, tlm> 

 made, have been cheeked by various fraiinuMilary puhlieations, 

 I'hief of which are those by ]*rot'. Leo Les(]U(!icaux.* IVof. 

 F. L. Harvey, t Dr Charh's S. SarirentJ and Dr. (ieoriic 

 Kn<i:leniaun.** 



S(» far as known to tlie writer tliese references contain the 

 only rcliabh' information on the forest rcnrions of eastern Ar- 

 kansas aceessibh' to the stnch'nt. The value of the first, "freat 

 ns it unquestionably is, is somewhat lessened by the too sfen- 

 <u-al statements pertainini>: to habitat and, further, by the 

 <]uestiouahle identification of certain forms. 



These causes of error could not well have ))een axoided, 

 however, since the observations included in tlie report were 

 made under j^reat limitations of time, havins^^ been com- 

 menced in the month <»f ()ctoI>er and ended in December. It 

 is understood that neither flower nor fruit w^as accessil)le in 

 many instances and thus it happened that on the most trivial 

 general characters alone, plants includmij trees, were credited 

 to the flora of Arkansas that have not since been seen by any 

 observer. \\'it!i respei-t to the otlici- references, little newl be 

 said, more than that they are ij:<'i>erally (juite accurate and 

 afford valualile and reliable information for the State i>-ener- 

 ally. Little, howevei-, can 1» • irleaned from them cxce[)t in 

 a most iifeneral way, resjx'clinir the trees of the area limitefl 

 above. It is hoped to conti'ibute, herein, a little specific in- 

 formation based upon careful and extended observation, par- 

 ticularly of every county from Helena north to the Missouri 

 line and west of the St. Fnineis River. 



* "Recent Botany and General n'strihntion of the Plants of Arkansas," in Second Report o! 

 the Arkansas Geological Survey for the years 1859 and iSho. (Philadelphia i860), pp. 146-399. 



t " The i-'orest I'rees of .\rkansas," (Cincinnatii, 1883, heing a reprint irom the .\merican Jour- 

 nal of I'orestry, lor June and July, 1883. 



J Tenth Census of the United States, Vol. IX. "The Forest Trees of the United States," i.\V.ash- 

 ington 1884.) 



** Transactions of the .\cademy of Natural Science of St. I.ouis, Vol. III. No. -„ p. 371, f/ se;. 

 (187O). and \'ol. III. No. 4. pp. ;8; and 5<<q ft Sfg. ".\bout the Oak^ of ih..- I'nited S[.ates." 



