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INDEX. 



Page. 



Watershed of area, Blue Ridge 115 



exaniination of _ 135 



Water storage in soil, affected by forests 25, 31, 122 



Supply and Irrigation Paper No. 49, Report of (jeological Survey 137 



Weather Bureau, Report of, on Southern Appalachians 143 



conditions at high levels 149 



observations on Blount Mitchell, 1873 149 



tables 151,152,153 



types 148 



White Elm. {See mm.) 



Hickory. (See Hickory.) 

 Oak. (See OaJc.) 

 Pine. (See Pine.) 



in Shady Valley 48 



on Linville River 46 



on Newfound Mountain 52 



size of 118 



Top ^fountain group, forests of the 46, 47, 48 



region, forests and topography of 47 



Willow, size, distribution, etc 96 



species of 96 



Wilson, Hon. James. (See Secretary of Agriculture.) 



Winds prevailing 118 



moist, effect on vegetation 119 



deterniined by cyclonic storms - 148 



day and night, in summer 148 



Winged Elm. (See Elm.) 



Witch Hazel, size, distribution, etc 100 



Wolf Creek, lumbering on 52 



Wooded lands, percentage of. (See Forests hij river basins. ) 



World's Work, article in, by Prof. W J McGee 189 



Y. 



Yadkin River, flow to Atlantic 116, 126 



floods in 1901 130 



gaging stations 135, 136 



water power on 141 



basin, agriculture and erosion 90 



forests, composition, etc 91 



topography and soil 90 



Yates Knob Ridge 51 



Yellow Birch. (See Birch. ) 



flowered Cucumber-tree. (See Cucumber-tree.) 



Mountains 50, 115 



Oak. (See Oak.) 

 Poplar. {See Poplar.) 



wood 103 



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