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became an assistant in the Geological Survey of the state. The 
following winter he spent at Cornell University, studying geology 
and botany, obtaining the degree of Master of Science. The 
following year Mr. Ashe was appointed forester of the North 
Carolina Geological Survey, a position which he still holds, and 
began a study of the Pine lands of the eastern part of that state. 
He has also become connected with the Forestry Division of the 
United States Department of Agriculture, and has made numerous 
journeys, principally through the southern states, for the purpose of 
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examining their forest resources and of studying their flora. Among 
his numerous publications are papers on The Forests and Forest Lands 
of Eastern North Carolina, Forest Fires and their Prevention, Timber 
Trees of North Carolina, and The Manufacture of Maple Syrup and 
Sugar, published in the Bulletins of the North Carolina Geological 
Survey. He has also published « number of botanical papers, 
chiefly in the Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, in 
which he has described many species of plants, principally in the 
genera Panicum and Crategus. 
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 
Pirate DCXC. Cratacus ASHEI. 
DANA fF Wd 
. A flowering branch, natural size. 
. Vertical section of a flower, enlarged. 
. A calyx-lobe, enlarged. 
. A fruiting branch, natural size. 
. Vertical section of a fruit, natural size. 
. Cross section of a fruit, natural size. 
. A nutlet, side view, enlarged. . 
. A nutlet, rear view, enlarged. 
