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 Plate XXII. A, Grassy bald and border of spruce forest on White Top Mountain, Vir- 

 ginia; B, Reproduction of white-pine forest, Graham County, N. C 182 



XXIII. A, Cutting white-pine timber, 'Shady Valley, Tennessee; B, Destruction of 



forest on mountain ridges for pasturage purposes 190 



XXIV. Damage by floods. May, 1901: A, Wreck of sawmill and log boom, Linville 



River, western North Carolina; B, Destruction of railroad bridge, Unaka 



Springs, Tenn 198 



XXV. Damage by floods: A, Ruined public road, Mitchell County, N. C. ; B, Destruc- 

 tion of an Appalachian mountain valley 206 



XXVI. A, Waste in sawing at a small mill in Southern Appalachian Mountains; 



B, Tops left among trees in logging 214 



XXVII. A, Hauling logs to the mountain sawmill; B, Hauling mountain lumber to 



the railway station 222 



XXVIII. A, Culled forest. Briar Cove, Tennessee; B, Forest injured by fire, near 



Gregory Bald, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee 230 



XXIX. A, Transporting lumber by water; B, Flood damages to railroad and mining 



settlement. Keystone, W. Va 236 



XXX. A, Unnecessary forest destruction along a snaking trail; B, Second growth 



of oak, French Broad Valley, south of Asheville, N. C 242 



XXXI. Tallulah Falls, Ga 248 



XXXII. A, Wagon road south of Sapphire, N. C. ; B, Land erosion near Marion, N. C. 245 



XXXIII. Forests on south slopes of Blue Ridge, about Mount Toxaway, in the Sapphire 



country. North Carolina 260 



XXXIV. A, White pine deadened in clearing land, Mitchell County, N. C; B, Protection 



against erosion by parallel ditches 266 



XXXV. Grandfather Mountain, North Carolina, the highest point on the Blue Ridge . 272 



XXXVI. Swannanoa River near Asheville, N. C 278 



XXXVII. Map of a part of Southern Appalachian region, showing classification of 



lands In pocket. 



Fig. 1. Diagram showing the rates of diameter growth of the shortleaf and white pines.... 44 

 2. Curves showing the rates of height growth of yellow poplar and chestnut on good 



soil 51 



