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has a pleasing grain, but is rather hard to work. It is used 

 for wooden-ware and interior finish. Like the sweet gum it 

 is more in demand as the supply of more popular woods de- 

 creases. 



77. The sycamore occurs throughout the State on deep, 

 moist soils. It attains very large dimensions, and disputes 

 with the tulip-tree the honor of being the largest tree in the 

 eastern United States. 



78. Black cherry, PRUNUS SEROTINA. The leaves are 

 oblong-lanceolate, resembling those of the peach which be- 

 longs to the same genus. The fruit is about a third of an 

 inch in diameter, black when ripe, occurring in racemes. 

 The bark has a bitter taste. 



79. The wood weighs 36 pounds to the cubic foot. The 

 heart wood is a beautiful reddish brown and it takes a high 

 poli3h. It is used for furniture and interior finish. The 

 fruit is used to small extent in flavoring drinks; and both the 

 fruit and bark are used in medicinal preparations. 



80. The black cherry occurs all over the state on deep, 

 rich soils. 



81. Honey locust, GLEDITSIA TRIACANTHOS. This tree 

 is known by its compound leaves, the leaflets of which are 

 smaller than those of the yellow locust; by large, branched 

 thorns; and by its dark brown fruits, 12 to 18 inches long. 



82. The wood weighs 42 pounds to the cubic foot. It is 

 hard, strong, and durable. It is used for fence posts. The 

 fruits have some value as stock food. 



83. This tree does not appear to be native anywhere in 

 Georgia; but it has been widely introduced. 



84. Yellow locust, ROBINIA PSEUDACACIA. The leaves 

 are compound, 8 to 14 inches long, with 15 to 21 leaflets. 



