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our borders. It is the Scotch broom of which you have so 

 often heard. Prof. J. S. Holmes, our state forester, has 

 found that this interesting plant is now perfectly well estab- 

 lished on some rocky hills in central North Carolina. 



Four hundred and fifty-seven is a very large number of 

 woody plants for one state to possess, but even so we cannot 

 claim to stand first among the states in this respect. Accord- 

 ing to Small's recent manuals Florida has 366 trees and 538 

 shrubs including the woody vines. He has since found two 

 more trees in that state, thus bringing the trees up to 368. 

 But we cannot arrive at the correct number of species of 

 woody plants in Florida by adding these figures together, for 

 many species are included in both the tree and shrub books. 

 I have not taken time to sift out the true number. 



Referring to figures now at hand we find that Minnesota 

 is credited with 274 species of trees, shrubs and vines (Clem- 

 ents, et al., Minnesota Trees and Shrubs, p. 12), and Ala- 

 bama with 343 species and varieties (Mohr, Plant Life of 

 Alabama, p. 44). It is surprising to find that California has 

 only 94 species of trees (Jej)son, Trees of California, p. 13). 

 In Chapel Hill we have 13 species of oaks, while the whole 

 State of California has but 14 species. 



We are situated in a remarkbly favorable way for a va- 

 riety of vegetation. Down in the southeast corner of North 

 Carolina on Smith's Island is found the tall palmetto, exactly 

 the kind that grows in Florida. At the other extreme, on the 

 tips of Grandfather, Craggy, Roan and other of our moun- 

 tains there are plants that are not known elsewhere south of 

 ISFew York. We have kinds native to Labrador and kinds 

 native to the tropics. 4jLA-dLi-^;^j^«»-«^^ 



More than three-fifths /of the shrubs that are native to 

 North Carolina arcd ondoniio 'to these mountains around you, 

 and the great majority can be found within easy walk of 

 Mon treat. Of the 247 for all the state 154 (including 10 

 hawthorns) are native to the mountains. 



I wish there were time to go into some detail as to the 

 peculiarities of shrubs, their habits, and requirements, but a 



