IO REPORT ON THE FOREST TIMBER OF 
The subject may be conveniently divided, however, so as to: 
present it with reference to a number of questions which nat- 
urally arise with the study of the forest growth. After the 
occurrence of species, the number and size of the various trees,. 
of scarcely less importance is their geographical distribution ; 
the effect of varying surface conditions, as found in a hilly 
country, and also the effect of varying exposure. Not alto- 
gether foreign to an economic view of the subject is the ques- 
tion of geological distribution, or the assemblages of species. 
on particular geological formations. It is possible that gener- 
alizations may be reached by which the forest growth will give 
an important clue to geological formations. A sufficient num- 
ber of observations have not yet been made to warrant such 
generalizations for this field. But it is important that the facts. 
should be so recorded as to facilitate a careful study in this. 
direction, when additional data shall have been gathered from 
a wider range of country. This branch of the subject will, 
therefore, be left for future treatment. 
No complete list of the kinds of trees found in this section 
can yet be given, as, indeed, only a beginning has been made 
in so considerable a task as is involved in even a preliminary 
study of the forest trees of so extended and so varied a field. 
Still enough has been done to foreshadow good results, both 
economic and scientific. 
In the presentation here made, it is taken for granted that 
the value of the different kinds of wood for the various pur- 
poses to which they are suited, is too well known to require 
special mention. For the present also the question of facili- 
ties for transportation and marketing will be left to the enter- 
prising, in the hope that a simple statement of facts will serve 
equally well to encourage practical solutions of the question to 
the advantage of all parties interested. 
The accompanying tables show approximately the relative 
abundance of the more common species of trees. These 
tables are made up from studies made partly by Mr. J. A. 
Monroe and partly by myself. The timber on an acre (esti- 
mated or paced) is included in each observation; and when 
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