Class IV.]

CLASSIFIED LIST OF WOODS OF NORTH AMERICA.

115

NAMK.

Button wood. See Platanus .Carya amara? (hickory) — -

Carya porcina (pignut hickory)

Carya sulcata (shell-bark hick-ory).

Carya-? (hickorj') - —

Castanea vesca (cliestnut) -Cedar. See Larix .

,, Pencil . See .Tunipems.Celtis crassifolia (hack-berry) -Cerasus virginiana (wild cherry)Cercis canadensis (red bud,Judas tree).

Cherry wood. See Prunus .Chestnut. See Castanea.

Coffee tree. See Gymnocladus.Cornus florida (dogwood) - -

Cupressus disticha (cypress) -Cypress. See Cupressus.Diospyrus virginiana (persimon)Dogwood. See Cornus .

Elm. See Ulmus .

Fagus americana (white beech)Fagus ferruginea (beech) — -

Fraxinus americana (American ash).

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Gleditschia triacanthus (honeylocust).

Gum tree. See Nyssa.Gymnocladus canadensis (coffeetree).

Hack-berry. See Celtis.Hackmatack. See Larix .

Hazel. See Ulmus .

Hemlock. See Abies .

Hickory. See Carya.

Hickory. See Jugians.

Honey locust. See Gleditschia.Iron wood. See Ostrya.

Judas tree. Sec Cercis.

Jugians alba (hickory) - —

Jugians cinerea (butter nut) -

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,, (white walnut)

Jugians nigra (black walnut) -? ? ?» —

Juniperus bermudiana (red orpencil cedar).

Juniperus virginiana (red cedar)

,, (pencil cedar)

Larix americana (hackmatack)

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,, (Tamarack) -

Larix-? (Cedar ) - - - !

Larix-? (Cedar ) - - -

Liriodendron tulipifera (yellowpoplar ).

Live oak. See Quercus .

Locust. See Robinia .

Mapta. See Acer.

Moras rubra (red mulberry) -Mulberry. See Moras.

Nyssa multiflora (sour gum,’black gum).

Oak. See Quercus .

Ostrya virginica (iron wood) -Pawpaw. See Uvaria.

Persimon . See Diospyrus.

Picea balsamea (balsam) - -

Pine. See Pinus .

Pinus mitis (yellow’ pine) - -

,, (American yellow'pine).

WOODS OF

NORTH

AMERICA —

continued.

Place of Growth.

Weight

per

Cubic Ft.

Specific

Gravity

No.in Cata-logue.

REMARKS.

lbs.

ozs.

United States

49

S

••792

613

The wood is stronger and better than that ofany other kind of hickory.

n "*

43

o

•690

614

_ _

47

8

•760

323

United States -

25

4

•404

646

38

6

•614

641

Tough and elastic.

}} _

32

3

•515

629

33

7

•535

640

Wood close-grained and compact.

47

4

• 756

639

Hard, close-grained, and strong.

5 5

22

13

•305

648

Grows to an immense size.

5 5 ~

44

6

•710

645

Hard and close-grained.

42

2

*674

623

Used in dry carpentry.

Upper Canada -

.30

9

•585

192

Used in dry carpentry ; the wood has a morerufous tint of colour than common beech.

- -

35

10

*570

326

Tough and elastic, and much used.

Upper Canada -

30

14

•494

202

, y -

33

5

•535

202

United States -

40

6

•046

635

Very hard, and splits with great facility.

' *

40

1

*047

634

Hard, compact, strong, and tough.

Upper Canada -

48

2

•770

591

23

8

•376

191

i > -

22

4

•356

191

_ —

20

8

•424

205

— _

30

7

■487

205

United States -

30

5

•485

627

Specimen from a j'oung tree.

,, -

28

15

•463

625

M ood strong, tough, and not liable to split.

Upper Canada -

28

11

• 459

198

Bermuda - -

34

15

•559

101

Used in ship-building and formating pencils.

United States -

26

10

•426

643

L’sed for making pencils, but not so good asthe Juniperus Bermudiana, for this purpose.

- —

25

9

•409

334

A light and durable wood.

_ —

37

9

•601

350

-

36

2

*578

349

Much used and esteemed in British NorthAmerica for ship-building.

Upper Canada -

23

15

*383 .

200

A good wood for ship-building purposes.

,, —

18

6 :

•294 !

201

United States -

19

10

•314

201 !

24

3

•387

|

632

* ?

35

*561

i

642

40

6

•646

638 i

j > — ’

48

11 1

•779

637

i

Upper Canada -

19

0

*304 :

190

Used in carpentry.

_ _

23

8 :

•376

267 1

Used in carpentry work.

-

22

15

•367 |

112

Used in carpentry.

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