THE PINE INVESTIGATION. 359 



healthy condition. Even some of those which had been at- 

 tacked by the destructive bark beetle in July, 1892, and the 

 turpentine bark beetle in 1893 had entirely recovered. 



CONDITIONS IN THE SOUTHERN AND SOUTHWESTERN PART OF THE 



STATE. 



Between Oct. 6th and 15th an 

 extended journey was made through 

 the southern portion of the State, 

 during which 1 passed through all of 

 the counties bordering on the Ohio 

 river below Parkersburg, and those 

 joining Kentucky and Virginia on 

 the extreme south ; also through 

 Mercer, Summers, Greenbrier and 

 into Pocahontas. 



The trouble was found to have 

 extended through all of these west- 

 ern and southern counties wherever 

 any of the pines grew, but at this 

 time no dying timber was observed, 

 with the exception of a few trees in 

 Jackson county, which were infest- 

 ed with TomicMs calligraphus and 

 T- avulsus and showed indications 

 of having been attacked when liv- 

 ing ; also a few white pine trees in 

 Greenbrier county, which upon 

 felling and making a thorough ex- 

 amination, were found to have 

 been seriously injured in 1892, by the destructive pine bark 

 beetle and had been prevented from recovery by successive 

 attacks of Tomicus pini and Tomicus calligraphus. 



One large white^pine near Mr. Kirkpatrick's on Anthony 

 creek, in Greenbrier county, was found that had evidently died 

 during the'pastj summer. The top was dead and the leaves 

 turned red ;jthe bark on t^e lower portion of the trunk was Uy- 



Fig. XL VII Galleries of the 

 destructive pine bark beetle 

 made in living tree. Speci- 

 men taken from saw-log cut 

 one or two years after the 

 tree had died. 



