CONTENTS. 



Tbe forest 7 



Natural conditions affecting the character and distribution of foresl growth 



in Texas 7 



Natural divisions of the State - 8 



Causes determining foresl distribution in Texas 1 1 



Rainfall ll 



Nature of the soil and rock I:; 



Temperature I I 



Sunlight II 



Winds -. U 



Classification of the forest 15 



The east Texas timber bell L5 



Swamp and bayou forests 16 



.Make-up of (lie swamp and bayou forest Mi 



Commercial value of the swamp forest 17 



I lard wood forests of alluvial bottoms '. 17 



Composition of the forest is 



Present condition of tbe forest is 



Loblolly pine and bard wood foresl of the interior of the ( '<>ast Plain. L9 



Extent and character of the forest 20 



Future of the forest 21 



Tbe longleaf forests of the Fayette Prairie 21 



A rea 21 



Character of the forest 22 



Kate of lumbering and future prospects 2.3 



Hardwood and shortleaf forests of the Lignitic Belt 24 



Extent ' 24 



Composition of tbe forest 24 



Tbe shortleaf pine 21 



Tbe post oak forest 2u 



Agriculture in tbe post oak country 27 



Timbered area of the Edwards Plateau and of bills an. 1 bluffs north- 

 ward from it 28 



( Geographic relations of the species 2f> 



Tbe cedar brakes lit) 



Other bill timber 31 



Tbe live oak timber belt .'52 



Tbe Rio ( Jrande Plain chaparral 33 



The mesquite 31 



The timber of tbe ( 'ordil leian Region in Texas 34 



The timber of tbe foothills and slopes 35 



Tbe timber of the summits and high canyons 35 



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