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to such minor articles as toothpicks, canes, and souvenir or- 
naments. 
Sycamore (Fig. 256) is Just coming to be appreciated as 
an ornamental wood. capable of charming effects in cabinet 
work and interior finishing, especially with quarter-sawed 
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Fic. 257.—European Beech (Fagus sylvatica, Beech Family, Fagacee). 
1, flowering branch, showing staminate flower-eluster at a, and pistil- 
late cluster above. 2, staminate flower. 3, pistillate flower, cut ver- 
tically. 4, ovaries, cut across. 4, fruit with cup and nuts. 6, nut. 
(Wossidlo.)—Tree growing 35 m. tall; bark smooth and grayish; leaves 
fringed when young; flowers purplish; fruit brown. Native home, 
Europe. 
stock; though for parts less exposed to view, such as: the 
inside of drawers, and for cooperage and boxes it is exten- 
sively used on account of its stiffness and strength. 
Beech (Figs. 241, 257) resembles sycamore in its properties, 
and is used in somewhat the same ways by cabinet makers 
and turners. 
