TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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Letter of TKAN«MrrTAL 8 



Preface 9 



Chapter I. — Forests and Forest Lands of Eastern North Carolina I'S 



Objects of this preliminary forest snrvey 13 



Area under consideration 14 



Kinds of gi'owth ]4 



Nomenclature of the trees 16 



Long-leaf pine 16 



Loblolly pine 16 



Short-leaf pine 17 



Savanna pine 17 



Other minor trees 17 



Original distribution of the pines 18 



Long-leaf pine 18 



Loblolly pine 20 



Short-leaf pine < 21 



Savanna pine 22 



Forests and forest regions of eastern North Carolina 22 



The seaboard region 23, 24 



Brunswick county 24 



Columbus 25 



Duplin 25 



Pender 25 



Onslow 26 



Carteret 27 



Craven 27 



Jones 27 



Pamlico 28 



Beaufort 28 



Pamlico peninsula 29 



Counties north of Albemarle sound 29 



The inland loblolly pine region 23, 31 



Gates county 31 



Hertford 31 



Bertie 32 



Martin 32 



Pitt 32 



Greene 32 



Edgecombe and Wilson 33 



Wayne ; 33 



Lenoir .' 34 



Johnston 34 



