202 INDEX. 



Page. 



Maps of forests 21 



Marshes, lack of 129 



Mature trees, removal of 67 



Measurement of wtreaiii flow 135 



^:aging stations for 135, 187 



tables, where j)nl)lishe(l 137 



Memorials and resolutions favoring reserve 155, 190 



Meteorological report on Southern Appalachians 147 



iSIilitary national parks, purchase of land for 36 



Mills, where established t6, 47 



Mineral deposits may still be worked 38 



Minnehaha Falls 19, 139 



Mississippi Hackberry. (See Hackberry.) 



River, drainage to 115 



Mitchell County 126 



Mountain, forests of 23, 51, 114 



seasons vary with elevation 23 



Moore, Willis L., letter to Secretary of Agriculture 145 



Mountain groups, description of forests by 46 



lands. ( See Erosion. ) 



Magnolia 100 



peaks. (See Pot /.-.s-. ) 



ranges 18, 113, 115 



systems 113 



Mountains of Southern Appalachians 16, 20, 114, 115 



Mount Mitchell 23, 114 



Mulberry, size, distribution, etc 100 



Myers, E. W., report on hydrography of region 123 



N. 



Nantahala Gorge, timber in 53 



Mountains, culled land and forests 51, 52, 115 



River, flow and water power 135, 142 



Narrowleaf Craliapple. (See Crabapjilc.) 



National Board of Trade, resolution of 165 



National control of land in the several States. (See names of States.) 



forest reserves, only means of preserving forests 40 



in the West 36 



forests, importance of preserving 35 



ownership, not new policy 36 



Park V. Forest Reserve 36 



accessibility and size of proposed 113 



Navigation of lower streams, affected by flow 39, 134 



Needs of Southern Appalachian region 59 



Newfound Mountains, forests and culled lands 51, 52, 115 



New River (see also Kanawha) flow and gaging stations 116, 126, 135, 136 



Basin, topography and agriculture 69, 70 



forests, composition, etc 70 



Gap and Valley 47 



Newspapers commenting on proposed reserve, list of 192 



Nolichucky River Basin, topography and soil 74 



agriculture and erosion 74 



forests, composition, etc 75 



