Native Trees of Kentucky 



w ll'ood Cladntstis Intca. 



The Yellow Wood, known as Gopher Wood or Virgilia. is 

 rare and local. It is found, principally, along limestone cliffs 

 of the Kentucky, Salt and Dick rivers, in Central Kentucky ; the 

 highlands of Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee. 



The \vood, bright yellow in color, hard and strong with a 

 smooth, satiny surface, has great possibilities as decorative lumber. 

 Not subject to special diseases, the tree reaches its greatest value 

 as an ornament in parks and lawns. Yellow Wood is easily 

 propagated both by seeds and root cuttings. 



It seldom flowers abundantly two successive seasons, but when 

 covered with bloom surpasses all other trees in beauty. The per- 

 fect flowers are large, white and fragrant, borne at the end of 

 twigs, in pendent clusters nearly a foot long. 



Tree short trunk with well developed head of graceful, 

 slender branches. 



Bark gray, smooth, like Beech, yielding a yellow dye. 



Lea-i'es 7 to 11 broad, oval leaflets, stems hollow at base 

 like Sycamore, enclosing next year's buds. 



Fruit long, slender, pendent pods, containing from four to 

 six dark, brown seeds. 



