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Liymtmz'itac. 



Lignumvitae grows in Florida, the \\'est Indies, and on the 

 northern coast of South America. It is a low, gnarled tree, 

 seldom more than 25 feet high and one foot in diameter. The 

 wood is very heavy and exceedingly hard, strong, and difficult 

 to work. It is used for sheaves, pulleys, tool handles, and for 

 bearings for journals rotating in water. The 12,300 board feet 

 of lignumvitae used in Maine were manufactured into yacht 

 blocks and tackle block sheaves. 



Cork Bliii. 



Cork elm, or rock elm. grows only on the best of rich, moist, 

 loamy soils. The wood is heavy, hard, very strong, tough, and 

 elastic, and much superior to the wood of other elms. It is 

 used in the manufacture of agricultural implements, wheel 

 stock, bicycle rims, and in all places where a very tough non- 

 cleavable wood is needed. A plant which makes steering wdieels 

 for boats used 1,500 feet and 10,000 feet were used in a plant 

 making wheels, sled runners, and hubs. 



Sycamore. 



Sycamore grows throughout the l/nited States east of eastern 

 Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas, on rich, moist, low- 

 ground. The wood is rather heavy and hard but not very 

 strong. It is extensively used in the manufacture of tobacco 

 boxes and to some extent for furniture, interior finish, and 

 butchers blocks, and to a greater extent for woodenwarc. In 

 Maine 8,000 board feet were used in the manufacture of fix- 

 tures, and 500 feet were used for carriage work. 



Hickory. 



The hickory used by Maine manufacutrers was reported as 

 hickory only and no attempt to separate species was made. It 

 is quite probable that most of the material came from shagbark 

 hickory. This tree grows in the southern part of the State but 

 is not at all abundant. The wood is very heavy, very hard, 

 strong, tough, and elastic, but is not durable in contact with the 

 soil or when exposed to the weather. It is used chiefly for agri- 

 cultural implements, vehicles, and ax and tool handles. This 



