iTAM.—NA IKVK KOKKS 1 IKI IS oF KASTKRN ARKANSAS. S) 



<<)U('v r('tii(i\(*(l. ( 'I'ou iiiiii: :i> it (Joes the lops oi' these hiiiliot, 

 ricli;»'> ( !ic piiic /.(»iie, in t liis ixM-tion of A i-|<;iiis;is, i- comitrix-d 

 A\itliiM a single narrow strip of (•<Mintry, nsuallv not nioi-i> 

 Jlian one-half l(t t hree-fc.urt hs of a niih' w i(h'. lhonL:!i in 

 <ireene and Poinsett ( 'ountics the greater width of (!i-<>wlev"s 

 Jvidac permits of a series of somewhat parallel i-ido-es the 

 top< of which arc often crownc*! with pines. At sncl» place- 

 the zone ma\ wid<'n to two or ovoii thi'ec miles. 



So ijreat haxc Ijeeii the inroads on the })inesof this narrow 

 1)elt that C()ni[)arati\ cly little of niarketahle \alne now ic- 

 mains and that little is difficult of ac< ess, beinu, for t he 

 most pai't, far j-emov(>d from railroads. The top()i!frai)hy of 

 the i-id<re likewise i-euders its removal a matter of ex- 

 tr<Mue ditfieulty, and the slow movinir <»x team can alone he 

 used to advantaui' amonuf its steep slopes. F»nt sinc(; piiu* 

 replaces pine in this re<)fion a judicious cuttiuii; of the inter- 

 mixed (talvs and hickories of the piuo belt will, in future 

 years, auain render this portion of Arkansas attractive to the 

 rommereial lumberer. 



I-*erha})s sufficient has already beeu said respectiuir the r\- 

 ))ress. Little more may l)e added than to say that scarcely 

 have the quantities of that timber which have been taken 

 from the swamps of this reofiou sensibly diminished its area. 

 It is found from the Missouri line southward in abandoned 

 <-hannels of the St. Francis and other lesser streams and in 

 the a-reat swamps which are scattered throuiihont these wet 

 lowlands ireuerally. It penetrates some distance within the 

 pahi'ozoic area of the noi'thwcst portion of the State, alon.tr 

 the ijrreater water courses, but apparently reaches its maxi- 

 mum development in the White, St. Francis and .Vrkansas 

 liiver bottoms. 



The cypress is difficult of access in the lari>-er swamps and 

 the supplies for shin.iil(> and other uses have been obtained 

 chietlv aloni: their nnir^inx. The tree is one of eompara- 



