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The Book of Woodcraft 



weight and perhaps goes beyond it in strength and hardness. 

 Leaves 3 to 5 inches long. Fruit i^ to 2^ inches long. Dak. 

 to Nova Scotia and south to Gulf. 



Blue Beech, Water or American Hornbeam {Carpinus 



caroliniana) 



A small tree, 10 to 25, rarely 40, feet high; bark, 

 smooth. Wood hard, close-grained, very strong; much Hke 



Ironwood, but lighter. A cubic foot weighs 45 lbs. 

 3 to 4 inches long. U. S. east of Missouri River. 



Leaves 



White Oak {Quercus alba) 



A grand forest tree; over 100 feet up to 150 feet high. 

 The finest and most valuable of our oaks. The one perfect 

 timber for shipbuilders, farmers and house furnishers. Its 

 wood is pale, strong, tough, fine-grained, durable and heavy. 

 A cubic foot weighs 46 lbs. I found that when green it 

 weighed 68 lbs. to the cubic foot and of course sank in 

 water like a stone. Called white from pale color of bark 



