^2 roWA ACAr/KMV OF SCfK.NCKS; 



tivcly r:i|)id unAvth and attention to the laws of foivstrv wi'l'l 

 render forever valuable a ijfryat portion of eas>tern Arkansas 

 useful for no other purpos<^ The specie* is a lii>-ht loviuii" 

 tree, that is to say, the erown must have the full forre of the- 

 iiobt and heat of the sun. No niattin" then how soniher the 

 shadoAVS that enshrine its trunk it will thrive. Uy one stand- 

 ing on the hi<>her portions of the face of Crowley's Ridii(^ 

 whence a stretch of country full sixty miles in width may Ix- 

 commanded, the cy\>ress patches and .zones ntay he e^asily dis- 

 tini,^uished as dark irreeii islets or even Indts which tower far 

 above the surroundinii- forests. The size tittained is often 

 very <>r<-:it occasional s])ecimens having- been noted by the 

 writer over seven fe<>^t in diameter. Aside friMU the niaini- 

 factuve of s^hinofles the chief use to Aviiich the lumber is put 

 is in fence Imildinii-, for posts^, its power of resistance to the 

 action ()f water being- very irreat. 



The tree of present chief value in eastern Arkansas is the 

 white oak — Quercus alba. It attains a veiy great size on 

 Crowley's Kidge and is, beyond (juestion, the largest tree 

 there growing. It extends, also, into the ))ottom lands of 

 the Anguille and Cache Rivers, on the west. On the east of 

 the ridge, in the bottom land of the lower St. Francis com- 

 paratively little white oak occurs, it being there replaced by 

 the "over cup" and "cow odk^^ —Qupraus Jyrata and Quercus 

 micheauxu — together with other less useful forms. Many 

 specimens occur on(i hundred and thirty to ouv hundred and 

 forty feet in height and five to six feet iu diameter. It once 

 constituted the glory of the eastern forest but the richest 

 areas have V>een thrice c\it over and the most of this valuable 

 timber is gone. The use to which this timber is })ut is 

 chiefly in the manufacture of staves for whiskey and alcohol 

 barrels, and for exjjort, much of the product being made into 

 barrels, which are then "knocked down" and shipped to 

 Europe. Their use abroad is understood to be for wine 



