116 CLASSIFIED LIST OF WOODS OF NORTH AMERICA AND WEST INDIES . [Class IV.

WOODS OF NORTH AMERICA — continued.

NAME.

Place of Growth.

Weight

per

Cubic Ft.

Specific

Gravity

No.

in Cata-logue.

REMARKS.

lbs. ozs.

Used in carpentry.

Pinus resinosa (American reel

_ _

26

11

*427

no

pine).

A strong wood used In carpentry.

,, (red pine) -

United States -

28

7

*455

316

Pinus rigida (pitch pine) - -

South Carolina

32

0

•512

109

A strong and durable wood.

> > > > — —

_ __

42

2

■674

315

Much used in ship-building.

,, (Virginia pine) -

_ _

34

6

• 550

266

Used for the same purposes as common deal.

Pinus-? (pine) — — -

Upper Canada —

92

8

•360

194

Platanus occidentals (button

United States -

26

8

•424

624

Much used for making bedsteads.

wood, sycamore).

Poplar. See Populus .

„ yellow. See Lirioden-

dron.

Populus -? (poplar) - —

Upper Canada -

20

11

•331

196

A light inferior wood.

Populus -? (poplar) - -

19

14

•318

196

Prunus-? cherry wood -

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2!)

15

•479

195

Used in ship-building.

Quebec white oak - - -

Canada - -

53

12

•860

780

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_ _

54

6

•870

781

Quercus alba (Quebec oak ) -

> t "* —

33

11

•539

117

Used in ship-building, but not a durablewood.

_

__ _

45

5

•725

118

A specimen, showing wood of an inferior

1 i ft

’ ’

quality.

?) i t — —

_ _

39

5

•629

324

Used in ship-building, but not much in re-

pute.

,, (oak) - - -

Upper Canada -

47

14

*766

590

,, (white oak) - -

United States -

40

1

•641

610

Used in ship-building.

i» >» - -

Upper Canada -

44

4

•708

197

Quercus rubra (red oak) - -

United States -

32

2

•514

612

Quercus tinctoria (black oak) -

_

34

14

•558

611

The heaviest and hardest of the oaks.

Quercus virens (live oak) - -

t , -

56

4

•900

574

n f f —

—

51

11

•827

325

Red bud. See Cercis.

Occasionally used in ship-building, but chiefly

Robinia Pseud-Acacia (locust)

45

8

•728

320

for treenails.

,, (locust, treenail)

_

41

11

•6G7

644

_1’ -

41

8

•664

344

Used for treenails in ship-building.

Sassafras officinale (sassafrastree).

Sour gum. See Nyssa.

United States -

37

4

•596

636

Specimens from a young tree.

Spruce. See Abies .

Sycamore. See Platanus .Tamarack. See Larix .

Even in grain like common lime-wood.

Tilia americana (bass wood) -Treenail. See Robinia .

Upper Canada -

25

0

•400

203

592

Ulmus americana (elm) - -

} t —

36

11

•587

Used by ship-builders.

,, (American rock

- -

36

3

•579

107

elm).

_

36

15

•591

106

Used in ship-building.

,, (rock elm) -

,, (swamp elm) -

_ _

37

10

•602

336

Much used in ship-building.

- -

33

10

•538

322

Used in ship-building, and preferred to Eng-lish elm.

,, (white elm) —

_ _

34

5

•549

616

Used by wheelwrights.

Ulmus fulva (red elm) - -

United States -

42

8

•680

617

_ _

_ _

31

9

•498

631

Ulmus? (wych hazel, Quebec rock elm).

Canada - —

34

2

•546

776

Used in ship-building.

_ _

43

11

•699

777

a t >

% ? _ _

51

6

•822

775

?»

Tirana triloba (pawpaw) — —

Walnut. See Juglans.

United States -

22

7

•359

649

WOODS OF THE WEST INDIES .

Amerimnum ebenas ? (Cocus) -

66

6

1*062

38

Used by turners.

Andira inermis ? (Turkey wood)

Cuba - -

45

15

•735

729

A strong, durable wood.

Batuta ------

Brazilletto. See Csesalpina.Broad leaf. See Terminalia.

54

11

•875

33

Heavy and compact.

Bubroma guazuma (bastardcedar).

Bully tree, bastard. See Bume-lia.

Jamaica - —

41

1

•657

744

Tough, but not durable.

,, blsck - - - -

52

12

•844

749

Bumelia salicifolia (bastard

11

51

9

•825

7o4

bully tree).

Bursera gummifera (tropic

-

22

15

•367

734

Used for burning lime ; soft, and not durable.

bircli).

Csesalpinia brasiliensis (Brazil-letto).

it ~~ ~

51

3

•819

51

Used for dyeing and for turning.