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  Lobolly 
  Pine 
  and 
  hardwoods 
  in 
  mixture 
  on 
  a 
  pine 
  flat 
  Frontispiece. 
  

  

  Plate 
  I. 
  Fig. 
  1. 
  — 
  Blank 
  caused 
  by 
  lumbering. 
  Fig. 
  2. 
  — 
  Hardwoods 
  on 
  a 
  pine 
  

  

  ridge 
  8 
  

  

  II. 
  Fig. 
  1. 
  — 
  Pine 
  ridge 
  cut 
  over 
  ten 
  years 
  ago; 
  run 
  over 
  by 
  fire. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  2. 
  — 
  Pine 
  flat 
  cut 
  over 
  ten 
  years 
  ago; 
  run 
  over 
  by 
  fire. 
  8 
  

  

  III. 
  Fig. 
  1. 
  — 
  Shortleaf 
  Pine 
  on 
  a 
  pine 
  ridge. 
  Fig. 
  2. 
  — 
  Loblolly 
  Pine 
  

  

  on 
  a 
  pine 
  flat 
  16 
  

  

  IV. 
  Fig. 
  1. 
  — 
  Loblolly 
  poles 
  under 
  mature 
  Loblolly 
  on 
  a 
  pine 
  flat. 
  FL 
  r 
  . 
  

  

  2. 
  — 
  Hardwood 
  under 
  mature 
  pine 
  on 
  a 
  pine 
  flat 
  20 
  

  

  V. 
  Fig. 
  1. 
  — 
  Sweet 
  Gum 
  and 
  Willow 
  Oak 
  in 
  a 
  hardwood 
  bottom. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  2.— 
  Cow 
  Oak 
  and 
  White 
  Oak 
  24 
  

  

  VI. 
  Fig. 
  ].— 
  A 
  slough 
  in 
  the 
  hardwood 
  bottoms; 
  Cow 
  Oak 
  and 
  

  

  Willow 
  Oak. 
  Fig. 
  2.— 
  A 
  hardwood 
  bottom 
  24 
  

  

  VII. 
  Fig. 
  L— 
  Loblolly 
  Pine. 
  Fig. 
  2.— 
  Shortleaf 
  Pine 
  32 
  

  

  VIII. 
  Fig. 
  1. 
  — 
  Reproduction 
  of 
  Loblolly 
  Pine 
  in 
  an 
  opening. 
  Fig. 
  2. 
  — 
  

  

  Hardwood 
  reproduction 
  under 
  Loblolly 
  32 
  

  

  IX. 
  Fig. 
  1. 
  — 
  Pine 
  tops 
  after 
  a 
  ground 
  lire. 
  Fig. 
  2. 
  — 
  The 
  steam 
  skidder. 
  . 
  44 
  

  

  TEXT 
  FIGURES. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  1. 
  — 
  Diagram 
  showing 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  trees 
  per 
  acre 
  for 
  Shortleaf 
  and 
  

   Loblolly 
  Pine 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  two 
  species 
  combined 
  on 
  a 
  basis 
  of 
  

   diameter 
  breasthigh 
  L2 
  

  

  2. 
  — 
  Diagram 
  showing 
  the 
  relation 
  between 
  diameter 
  on 
  the 
  stump 
  and 
  

  

  diameter 
  breasthigh 
  for 
  Shortleaf 
  and 
  Loblolly 
  Pine 
  13 
  

  

  3. 
  — 
  Diagram 
  showing 
  the 
  merchantable 
  contents 
  in 
  board 
  feet 
  for 
  Short- 
  

  

  leaf 
  and 
  Loblolly 
  Pine 
  on 
  the 
  basis 
  of 
  diameter 
  breasthigh. 
  (Con- 
  

   tents 
  by 
  Doyle's 
  Rule) 
  15 
  

  

  4. 
  — 
  Diagram 
  showing 
  the 
  height 
  growth 
  of 
  Shortleaf 
  and 
  Loblolly 
  Pine 
  

  

  on 
  the 
  basis 
  of 
  diameter 
  breasthigh 
  29 
  

  

  5. 
  — 
  Diagram 
  showing 
  the 
  diameter 
  growth 
  of 
  Shortleaf 
  and 
  Loblolly 
  

  

  Pine 
  on 
  the 
  basis 
  of 
  age 
  30 
  

  

  6. 
  — 
  Diagram 
  showing 
  the 
  height 
  growth 
  of 
  Shortleaf 
  and 
  Loblolly 
  Pine 
  

  

  on 
  the 
  basis 
  of 
  age 
  31 
  

  

  7. 
  — 
  Diagram 
  showing 
  the 
  merchantable 
  contents 
  in 
  board 
  feet 
  of 
  Short- 
  

  

  leaf 
  and 
  Loblolly 
  Pine 
  on 
  the 
  basis 
  of 
  age. 
  (Contents 
  by 
  Doyle's 
  

   Rule) 
  32 
  

  

  8. 
  — 
  Diagram 
  showing 
  the 
  relation 
  between 
  the 
  total 
  height, 
  merchant- 
  

  

  able 
  length, 
  crown 
  length, 
  and 
  clear 
  length 
  for 
  Shortleaf 
  Pine 
  on 
  

  

  the 
  basis 
  of 
  diameter 
  breasthigh 
  33 
  

  

  9. 
  — 
  Diagram 
  showing 
  the 
  relation 
  between 
  the 
  total 
  height, 
  merchant- 
  

  

  able 
  length, 
  crown 
  length, 
  and 
  clear 
  length 
  for 
  Loblolly 
  Pine 
  on 
  

  

  the 
  basis 
  of 
  diameter 
  breasthigh 
  36 
  

  

  6 
  

  

  