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ECONOMIC BOTANY OF ALABAMA. 



The three pines, constituting about 40% of the orig- 

 inal forests, are evergreen, and the few much rarer ever- 

 green trees increase this to about 42%. About the only 

 noteworthy feature of this list is that the species are 

 comparatively few in number, and nearly all common 

 and widely distributed. The magnolia is the only one of 

 them that is confined to the coastal plain. 



Forest utilization. — Probably 80% of the area has 

 never been cultivated, but a good deal of the three kinds 



