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Plate LIV. Reproduction of hard-wood forest 64 



LV. Reproduction of white-pine forest 68 



LVI. Panorama of the Blue Ridge and southern end of the Black Moun- 

 tains 80 



LVII. Grandfather Mountain, with types of summits 88 



LVIII. The Blue Ridge Plateau and Grandfather Mountain 114 



LIX. Front of the Blue Ridge in Virginia 114 



LX. The narrows of the Little Tennessee River 116 



LXI. Balsam and Pisgah mountains 116 



LXII. (a) French Broad River, (b) Ocoee River 116 



LXIII. Elk Falls 116 



LXIV. Forest-covered slope of Hawksbill 118 



LXV. West foothills of the Unakas and valley of East Tennessee 120 



LXVI. Rock weathering and decay in the Southern Appalachians 122 



LXVII. Land erosion in the Southern Appalachians 122 



LXVIII. Yonahlossee road on Grandfather Mountain 122 



LXIX. (a) Rhododendron undergrowth holding the soil and the water. 



(b) Seams in the rock, facilitating the storage of water 126 



LXX. Whitewater Falls 126 



LXXI. Lower Cullasaja Falls 126 



LXXII. Linville Gorge 128 



LXXIIl. Swannanoa River 128 



LXXIV. (a) Sawmill wrecked by flood, (b) Logs lost by breaking of 



boom 130 



LXXV. (a) Highway bridge washed away by floods, (b) Public road 



ruined by floods 130 



LXX VI. (a) Flood damages to settlements, (b) Flood damages to railroad 



and mining settlements 130 



LXXVII. Toccoa P'alls, Georgia 130 



LXXVIII. Improved water power, Augusta, Ga 138 



