CONTENTS. 



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The Ion -st 7 



Natural condition^ affecting tin- character and distribution of forest growth 



in Texas 7 



Natural divisions of the State 8 



Causes determining forest distribution in Texas 11 



Rainfall 11 



Nature of the soil and rock 13 



Temperature 14 



Sunlight , 14 



Winds 14 



Classification of the forest 15 



The east Texas timber belt 15 



Swamp and bayou forests 16 



Make-up of the swamp and bayou forest 16 



Commercial value of the swamp forest 17 



Hardwood forests of alluvial bottoms 17 



( imposition of the forest 18 



Present condition of the forest 18 



Loblolly pine and hardwood forest of the interior of the Coast Plain. 19 



Extent and character of the forest 20 



Future of the forest 21 



The longleaf forests of the Fayette Prairie 21 



Area 21 



Character of the forest 22 



Rate of lumbering and future prospects 23 



Hardwood and shortleaf forests of the Lignitic Belt 24 



Ivxtent 24 



Composition' of the forest 24 



The shortleaf pine 24 



The post oak forest 26 



Agriculture in the post oak country 27 



Timbered area of the Kd wards Plateau and of hills and bluffs north- 

 ward from it 28 



< ieographic relations of the species 29 



The cedar brakes 30 



Other hill timber 31 



The live oak timber belt 32 



The Rio Grande Plain chaparral 33 



The mesquite ! 34 



The timber of the Cordilleran Region in Texas .- 34 



The timber of the foothills and slopes 35 



The timber of the summits and high canyons 35 



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