Educational Institutions
| THE STATE BOARD OF CONTROL | |
| E. B. STEPHENSON, President | Charleston, W. Va. |
| JAMES S. LAKIN | Charleston, W. Va. |
| J. M. WILLIAMSON | Charleston, W. Va. |
| The State Board of Control has the direction of the financial and businessaffairs of the state educational institutions. | |
| THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION | |
| M. P. SHAWKEY, President | Charleston, W. Va. |
| State Superintendent of Schools | |
| GEORGE S. LAIDLEY | Charleston, W. Va. |
| NOAH G. KEIM | Elkins, W. Va. |
| EARL W. OGLEBAY | Wheeling, W. Va. |
| FRANK N. SYCAFOOSE | Webster Springs, W. Va. |
| L. W. BURNS | Grafton, W. Va. |
| W. C. COOK | Welch, W. Va. |
| The State Board of Education has charge of all matters of a purelyscholastic nature concerning the state educational institutions. | |
| WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY | |
| FRANK BUTLER TROTTER, LL.D. | President |
| Agricultural Experiment Station Staff | |
| JOHN LEE COULTER, A.M., Ph.D. | Director |
| BERT H. HITE, M.S. | Vice-Director and Chemist |
| FRANK B. KUNST, A.B. | Assistant Chemist |
| CHARLES E. WEAKLEY, Jr. | Assistant Chemist |
| W. E. RUMSEY, B.S.Agr. | State Entomologist |
| N. J. GIDDINGS, Ph.D. | Plant Pathologist |
| ANTHONY BERG, B.S. | Assistant Plant Pathologist |
| ERNEST L. ANTHONY, M.S. | Dairyman |
| H. O. HENDERSON, M.S. | Assistant Dairyman |
| HORACE ATWOOD, M.S.Agr. | Poultry Research |
| E. L. ANDREWS, B.S.Agr. | Assistant in Poultry Husbandry |
| ROBERT M. SALTER, M.Sc. | Soil Investigations |
| R. E. STEPHENSON, M.S. | Assistant in Soil Investigations |
| I. S. COOK, Jr., B.S.Agr. | Research Agronomist |
| T. C. McILVANE, M.S.Agr. | Assistant Agronomist |
| R. P. BLEDSOE, M.S. | Assistant Agronomist |
| J. K. SHAW, Ph.D. | Horticulturist |
| H. A. JONES, Ph.D. | Assistant Horticulturist |
| L. F. SUTTON, B.S., B.S.Agr. | Assistant Horticulturist |
| H. E. KNOWLTON, B.S.Agr. | Assistant Horticulturist |
| H. L. CRANE, M.S.Agr. | Assistant Horticulturist |
| ROLAND H. PATCH, M.S. | Assistant Horticulturist |
| H. W. RICHEY, B.S.Agr. | Assistant Horticulturist |
| ERNEST ANGELO, B.S.Agr. | Assistant Horticulturist |
| L. M. PEAIRS, M.S. | Research Entomologist |
| E. A. LIVESAY, M.S.Agr.. | Animal Husbandry |
| [1]R. H. TUCKWILLER, B.S.Agr. | Assistant in Animal Husbandry |
| C. V. WILSON, B.S.Agr. | Assistant in Animal Husbandry |
| A. J. DADISMAN, M.S.Agr. | Farm Economics |
| C. A LUEDER, D.V.M. | Veterinary Science |
| C. E. STOCKDALE, B.S.Agr. | Agricultural Editor |
| D. M. WILLIS, LL.M. | Financial Secretary |
| J. C. JOHNSTON | Chief Clerk |
| MARY A. FOX | Assistant Librarian |
[1] In co-operation with U. S. Dept. of Agriculture.
[PREFACE]
The native trees of West Virginia number about 125, of which 101 are described and illustrated in this publication. The omissions are principally species of unimportant willows and hawthorns which can be identified only by specialists. Some of the more common introduced trees are mentioned in the family descriptions on pages 13 to 27, and a few are illustrated in groups after the descriptions of native species. It has been the object to simplify everything in this publication as much as possible. The meaning of unfamiliar words in the keys and descriptions can be learned by consulting the glossary beginning on page [237].
The keys are based principally on characters of leaf and fruit since these are usually available for study during several months in the summer and fall. The text, however, contains brief descriptions of the flowers which often denote most surely the natural relationship of species.
Scientific names and the order of arrangement are essentially those of the seventh edition of Gray’s New Manual of Botany.
The drawings were made by the writer from specimens collected during the past few years.