TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Page. 

 LETTER OP TRANSMITTAL 



PART I. 



THE FOREST TEEES OF NORTH AMERICA, EXCLUSIVE OF MEXICO. 



THE FORESTS OP NORTH AMERICA GENERAL REMARKS 3-16 



TUB ATLANTIC REGION 3-6 



THE PACIFIC REGION 6-10 



DISTRIBUTION OF GENERA 10-12 



DISTRIBUTION OP SPECIES 1-2-16 



A CATALOGUE OF THE FOREST TREES OF NORTH AMERICA, EXCLUSIVE OF MEXICO, WITH REMARKS UPON THEIR SYHONOMY, 



BIBLIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY, DISTRIBUTION, ECONOMIC VALUES, AND USES 17-219 



INDEX TO CATALOGUE 220-243 



PART II. 



THE WOODS OF THE UNITED STATES. 



PRELIMINARY REMARKS '- 247 



SPECIFIC OKA ITY AND ASH 248-251 



Fl'KL VALUE 251,252 



THE STRENGTH OF WOOD 



COMPARATIVE VALUES 



TABLE OP RELATIVE VALUES 253-255 



TABLE OP AVERAGES 256-259 



TABLE ILLUSTRATING THE RELATION BETWEEN TRANSVERSE STRENGTH AND SPECIFIC GRAVITY IN THE WOOD OF CERTAIN 



SPECIES 259-264 



GENERAL REMARKS 264,265 



TANNIN VALUES 265 



TABLE I. SPECIFIC GRAVITY, ASH, AND WEIGHT PER CUBIC FOOT OP DRY SPECIMENS OP THE WOODS OF THE UNITED STATES. 266-349 



TABLE II. ACTUAL FUEL VALUE OP SOME OF THE MORE IMPORTANT WOODS OF THE UNITED STATES 350-353 



TABLE III. BEHAVIOR OF THE PRINCIPAL WOODS OF THE UNITED STATES UNDER TRANSVERSE STRAIN 354-415 



TABLE IV, BEHAVIOR OF SOME OF THE WOODS OF THE UNITED STATES UNDER TRANSVERSE STRAIN: SPECIMENS EIGHT 



CENTIMETERS SQUARE 414-117 



TABLE V. BEHAVIOR OP THE PRINCIPAL WOODS OF THE UNITED STATES UNDER COMPRESSION 416-481 



PART III. 



THE FORESTS OF THE UNITED STATES IN THEIR ECONOMIC ASPECTS. 



GENERAL REMARKS 



THE LUMBER INDUSTRY f 485-489 



FUEL 489 



WOOD USED AS FUEL FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES 489 



ESTIMATED CONSUMPTION OF WOOD FOR DOMESTIC PURPOSES 



CONSUMPTION OP CHARCOAL 



FOREST PIRES 491-493 



TABLE OF FOREST PIRES OCCURRING DURING THE CENSUS YEAR '. 491,492 



NORTH ATLANTIC DIVISION 494-510 



MAINE 494-496 



NEW HAMPSHIRE 496-498 



VERMONT '... 498-500 



MASSACHUSETTS, RHODE ISLAND, AND CONNECTICUT 500,501 



NEW YORK 501 506 



NEW JERSEY 



PENNSYLVANIA 506-510 



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