Forestry 



433 



Four to 8 inches long, and its buds are hairy, not smooth. 

 Maine to Minn, and south to Gulf. 



1. White Elm 



2. Slippery " 



3. Cork 



4. Wahoo " 



Osage Orange, Bois d'arc, Bodarc or Bow-Wood 



{Toxylon pomiferum) 



A small tree, rarely 6o feet high. Originally from the 

 middle Mississippi Valley, now widely introduced as a hedge 

 tree. Famous for supplying the best bows in America 

 east of the Rockies. Wood is bright orange; very hard, 

 elastic, enduring and heavy. Leaves 3 to 6 inches long. 

 A cubic foot weighs 48 lbs. 



