REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST, 



RALEIGH, June 1st, 1860. 



To His Excellency, John W. Ellis, 



Governor of North Carolina : 



Sir : I herewith transmit the Report of the Rev. 

 M. A. Curtis, D. D., upon the Woody Plants of 

 this State. 



The value of this Report is greatly enhanced by 

 the fact that it embodies the labor of more than 

 twenty years. Dr. Curtis, in reviewing the whole 

 subject with a view to a publication of the results of 

 his labor, has felt constrained to furnish descriptions 

 of only the most conspicuous and important plants 

 indigenous to the State ; and of the less important 

 ones a Catalogue simply, noticing^ with each species, 

 its geographical range in the State, and, where desir- 

 able, its economical or medicinal uses. 



Notwithstanding the latter portion of his Report 

 may thus appear to consist chiefly of technical names, 

 and thus be of no general practical use, it will be 

 regarded by the scientific public as a contribution of 

 great value, not merely for its indication of the veg- 

 etable productions of this State, but also as contain- 

 ing a large amount of information not elsewhere to 

 be found. The position of this State is such that it 



