68 Forest Trees and Shrubs of Meriden, Conn. 



spring, before the leaves. Wood very close-grained and firm, 

 satiny, susceptible of a beautiful polish, checking badly in drying. 

 Used for hubs of wheels, barrel hoops. The branches were for- 

 merly used as distaffs. The bark furnishes a valuable tonic, and is 

 used in intermittent and malarial fevers. Specific gravity, 0.8153; 

 ash, 0.57. 



92. NYSSA SYLVATICA. (Marshall.) VAR. N. 

 MULTIFLORA. (Wang.) 



Tupelo. Sour Gum. Pepperidge. Black Gum. 



A handsome tree, growing as high as sixty feet, and from one to 

 two feet in diameter. Wood strong, very tough, unwedgeable, 

 fibres remarkably interlocked, so as to render it very difficult to 

 split. Used for hubs of wheels, rollers in glass factories, ox yokes, 

 etc. Specific gravity, 0.6353 ; ash, 0.52. 



93. CORNUS ALTERNIFOLIA. 



Alternate-leaved Cornel. 



A shrub, sometimes twenty feet high, and five inches in diam- 

 eter. 



94. CORNUS CIRCINATA. 



Round-leaved Cornel. 



A shrub, seven to ten feet high. 



95. CORNUS PANICULATA. 

 Panicled Cornel. 

 A slender plant. 



96. CORNUS SERICEA. 

 Silky Cornel. 



97. CORNUS CANADENSIS. 



Dwarf Cornel. 



XIX. HAMAMELACE^. The Witch Hazel. 



Family. 

 98. HAMAMELIS VIRGINICA. (Linn.) 



Witch Hazel. 



Grows from six to twelve feet high. Flowers in October, the 

 fruit perfecting in the summer following. Wood, heavy, hard, 



