Trees of North Carolina 



Woodlands, Vol. I, No. 6, p. 32, 1908). In this list 

 Harper includes about six plants that we have consid- 

 ered as shrubs, but this is largely offset by his treat- 

 ment of Fraxinus and Tilia of which only one species 

 is given of each. Alabama follows Georgia in the 

 number of its trees which, as listed by Harper con- 

 sist of 121 species, only five hawthorns included 

 (Geol. Survey of Ala., Monograph 8, p. 189, 1913). 

 He supposes that the number will reach 140 or 150 

 when the flora is better known. It is surprising to 

 find that the large State of California has only 94 

 species (Jepson, Trees of California, p. 13, 1909). In 

 North Carolina we have twenty-four oaks of tree size ; 

 while California has but thirteen. In Minnesota 

 (Clements, et al., Minnesota Trees and Shrubs, 

 p. iv, 1912), there are only 274 species of woody 

 plants, trees, shrubs, and vines, while in North 

 Carolina we have about 450-odd woody plants. 



To a discerning person it is not necessary to say 

 that to know the names of the trees and the few facts 

 about them that are given in this book is no more 

 than a beginning of the knowledge and interest that 

 should result from a long and intimate association 

 with them. There is in each tree a complex individu- 

 ality which is too manifold and mutable for one to 

 fully grasp in a lifetime of study, and what is found 

 there will not be determined by its infinite possibil- 

 ities, but by the limitations of our eyes and hearts. 

 It is fascinating to observe the seasonal changes — the 

 . swelling of the buds and unfolding of the leaves with 

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