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shrinks considerably, but works and stands well. Used for wooden ware, 

 artificial limbs, paper pulp, and locally also for building lumber. Small- 

 sized trees, scattered. 



1. OHIO BUCKEYE (jEsculus (jiabrd) (fetid buckeye) : Alleghenies, 



Pennsylvania to Indian Territory. 



2. SWEET BUCKEYE (dEsculus octandra) : Alleghenies, Pennsylvania to 



Texas. 



BUTTERNUT. 



BUTTERNUT (Juglans cinerea) (white walnut) : Wood very similar to 

 black walnut, but of light brown color. Used chiefly for finishing 

 lumber, cabinetwork, and cooperage. Medium-sized tree, largest 

 and most common in the Ohio basin; Maine to Minnesota and 

 southward to Georgia and Alabama. 



CATALPA. ' 



CATALPA (Catalpa speciosa)'. Wood light, soft, not strong, brittle, 

 durable, of coarse texture and brown color ; used for ties and 

 posts, but well suited for a great variety of uses. Medium-sized 

 tree ; lower basin of the Ohio River, locally common. Extensively 

 planted, and therefore promising to become of some importance. 



CHERRY. 



CHERRY (Prunus serotincC) : Wood heavy, hard, strong, of fine texture : 

 sapwood yellowish white, heartwood reddish to brown. The wood 

 shrinks considerably in drying, works and stands well, takes a 

 good polish, and is much esteemed for its beauty. Cherry is 

 chiefly used as a decorative finishing lumber for buildings, cars, 

 and boats, also for furniture and in turnery. It is becoming too 

 costly for many purposes for which it is naturally well suited. 

 The lumber-furnishing cherry of this country, the wild black 

 cherry (Prunus serotina), is a small- to medium-sized tree, scattered 

 through many of the broad-leaved woods of the eastern United 

 States. Other species of this genus as well as the hawthorns 

 (Cratsegus) and wild apple (Pyrus) are not commonly offered in 

 the market. Their wood is of the same character as cherry, often 

 even finer, but in small dimensions. 



