CONTENTS. 



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Illustrations 7 



Board of Managers 9 



Letter of Transmittal U 



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 triloba ; papaw 41 



Gordonia lasianthus ; loblolly bay 42 



Tilia americana ; basswood 43 



Tilia pubescens ; southern lin 44 



Tilia heterophylla ; lin 45 



Ilex opaca; boUy 46 



Cyrilla racemiflora ; cyrilla 47 



Aesculusoctandra ; buckeye 47 



Acer spicatum ; mountain jnaple 48 



Acer pennsylvaniium ; striped maple. 49 



Acer barbatum ; sugar maple 50 



Acer saccharinum ; silver or white maple 51 



Acer rubrnm ; le-l maple 53 



Acer negundo ; boielder 53 



Robinia pseudacacia ; yellow locubt 54 



Robinia viccosa; 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 



Aiuelanchier cauadensis ; service tree 60 



Liquidambar styraciflua ; sweet gum 61 



Cornus florida ; dogwood 63 



Nyssa sylvatica; black gum 63 



Nyssa aquatica ; tupelo gum 65 



