raiRe^T "FRIERS 



FOREWORD 



This handbook has been planned and published by 

 the North Carolina Geological and Economic Sur- 

 vey in order that our people may have a convenient 

 book of reference, by the help of which they may 

 learn to recognize the trees common to their locality. 

 Should the use of this handbook lead to the desire 

 for further knowledge, the State Forester will gladly 

 direct inquirers to literature on any phase of 

 forestry. 



Bulletin 6 of the Survey, "The Timber Trees of 

 North Carolina," by Gitford Pinchot and W. W. 

 Ashe, has been out of print for many years, and 

 while the present small book in no way takes its 

 place, it does in part supply a demand for informa- 

 tion concerning our trees which has each year be- 

 come more insistent. The Survey hopes sometime 

 in the future to prepare a volume on our trees more 

 in keeping with the importance of the subject. Until 

 that time, it is hoped that this manual will have the 

 wddest possible circulation. 



The text has been prepared by the State Forester 

 in collaboration with the State Foresters of Tennes- 

 see, Virginia and Maryland, each of whom is adapt- 

 ing it to use in his own State and publishing it 

 simultaneously The style of the book and many 

 of the descriptions have been based on similar man- 

 uals published by Massachusetts, Maine and Ver- 

 mont. The cuts, as will be noted, have been secured 

 from several sources. Those of the foliage and fruit 

 of many of the hardwoods and all of the hardwood 

 twigs are from original drawings by Mrs. A. E. 

 Hoyle, made especially for this publication, and fur- 

 nished free by the U. S. Forest Service. The other 

 plates have been purchased or borrowed. Special ac- 

 knowledgment is due to Professor C. S. Sargent for 

 figures illustrating the conifers (pines, cedars, etc.) 

 which are from his "Manual of Forest Trees of 

 North America," here used by permission of and by 

 special arrangement with Houghton -Mifflin Com- 



