CONTENTS. 



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ILLUSTRATIONS 7 



BOARD OF MANAGERS 9 



LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 11 



PREFACE 13 



KEY FOR THE DETERMINATION OF LARGER FOREST TREES 17 



TIMBER TREES OF NORTH CAROLINA 33 



Magnolia foetida ; magnolia 33 



Magnolia glauca ; white bay 34 



Magnolia acuminata ; cucumber tree 35 



Magnolia macrophylla ; great-leaved magnolia 36 



Magnolia tripetala ; umbrella tree 37 



Magnolia fraseri ; mountain magnolia 38 



Liriodendron tulipifera; yellow poplar 39 



Asimina trilob.i ; papaw 41 



Grordonia lasiaiithus ; loblolly bay ~. 42 



Tilia americana ; basswood 43 



Tilia pubescens ; southern lin 44 



Tilia heterophylla ; lin 45 



Ilex opaoa; holly 46 



Cyrilla racemiflora ; cyrilla 47 



Aesculus octandra ; buckeye 47 



Acer spicatuni ; mountain maple 48 



Acer pennsylvanicum ; striped maple 49 



Acer barbatum ; sugar maple 50 



Acer saccharinum ; silver or white maple 51 



Acer rubrum ; red maple 52 



Acer negundo ; boxelder 53 



Robinia pseudacacia ; yellow locust 54 



Robinia viircosa ; clammy locust 55 



Cladrastis lutea ; yellowwood 56 



Gleditschia triacanthos ; honey locust 56 



Cercis canadensis ; 'redbud 57 



Prunus pennsylvanica ; wild red cherry .,. 58 



Prunus serotina ; wild black cherry 59 



Amelanchier cauadensis ; service tree 60 



Liquidambar styraciflua ; sweet gum 61 



Cornus florida ; dogwood 63 



Nyssa sylvatica ; black gum 63 



Nyssa aquatica ; tupelo gum 65 



