N. C. GEOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC 81'i: 



PLATE X. 



A. Characteristic wood from middle and upper section of rapidly growing tree. The relatively mail 

 amount of hard summerwood in thii portion of the ttem U typical. (Author'* illustration.) 



B. Wood from tree growing on very wet soil, thowing characteristic irregularity of grain. 



(Author's illustration.) 



TYPKS or LOBLOLLY PIN* WOOD. 



