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Basswood is one of the softest and most 

 "•asily T\orked commercial hardwoods. The 

 grain is fine and even and the surface lus- 

 trous. The uses of the wood are many and 

 varied. It is employed for beveled siding, 

 liouso finish, moldings, woodenware, cheap 

 furniture, drawers, baeliing of high-class fur- 



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niture, panels and bodies of vehicles, boxes, 

 turnery, paper pulp and Ixiards, and is very 

 largely employed of late for rotary cut 

 veneers, and is used not only as a base upon 

 which to veneer higher class hardwoods, but 

 also as individual pieces, or in tlirce-ply or 



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 five-ply for many purposes. The wood i.'s 

 growing in the estimation of foreign buyers 

 and is largely exported in the form of logs, 

 occasionally in boards and planks. 



The color of basswood is ecru-whitr nml 

 remarkably uniform. The highest type grows 

 in northern Michigan and Wisconsin. There 

 it seems to attain absolute perfection. The 

 proportion of clear lumber is remarkably 

 liigh, the wood is usually free from blemish 

 iuiil defects and when properly seasoned it 

 goes upon the market perfect in color iiml 

 jiliysical ((ualities. 



Bock Elm. 

 Ulmus racemosa. 



In general appearance this tree varies from 

 i>ther members of the elm family in having 

 shaggy, stout limbs like some of the oaks, 

 and less of the graceful but stately aspect 

 of other species. It grows from seventy tu 

 ninety feet in height and from two to three 

 feet in diameter, reaching its highest devel- 

 opment in southern Ontario and Michigan. 

 It will flourish either on low ground where 

 there is heavy clay soil or on gravelly ridges 

 and high blufEs. It is a very slow-growing 

 tree, and this fact, combined witli utter 

 neglect in replanting is threatening it with 

 extinction, which is exceedingly unfortunate. 

 A recent report made by the Michigan Hard- 

 wood Manufacturers ' Association shows that 

 there was a total of less than 1,000,000 feet 

 of the wood in the hands of the manufacturers 

 of that state on July 1, 1907, of which quan- 

 tity 600,000 feet were sold. The stock on 

 liand in Wisconsin was probably considerably 

 less than the quantity in Michigan. 



Rock elm thrives best in a mixed forest. 



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and the finest specimens of the tree are found 

 among hemlock, maple and birch growth — 

 never in a pure stand. 



Tlie heartwood is light brown, having a red- 

 .HsIl cast in many cases, while the sapwood 

 is yellowish white, and the two arc not par- 

 ticularly well defined. The weight is about 



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forty-five pounds to the cubic foot. It is 

 heavy, hard, very strong, tough, difficult to 

 s]ilit and capable of taking a high polish, 

 showing a handsome grain. It is very com- 

 )iact in structure and the name "rock" elm 

 is |iec-uliarly applicable. In fact it is con- 



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