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CHESTNUT; CHINQUAPIN (Castanea). 



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Section 10. Distribution. Structural and Physical Properties of Wood. 



Uses. Famous Trees. Nuts. Botanical Characteristics of Trees, etc. 62 



a. Chestnut (Castanea dentata) 64 



6. Chinquapin (Castanea pumila),. (Castanopsis chrysophylla). . 65 



BEECH, IRONWOOD (Fagus), (Carpinus, Ostrya, etc.), etc. 



Section 1 1. Distribution. Early Uses of Beech. Structural and Physi- 

 cal Properties of Woods. Uses. Enumeration of Species Affording 



"Ironwood" 66 



a. Beech (Fagus atropunicea) 68 



6. Ironwood, Blue Beech (Carpinus caroliniana) 69 



c. Ironwood, Hop Hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) 70 



SYCAMORE (Platanus). 



Section 12. Confusion of Names. Historical, Structural and Physical 



Properties of Wood. Uses. Botanical Characteristics of Trees, etc. 71 



a. Sycamore, Buttonball (Platanus occidentalis) 72 



b. California Sycamore (Platanus racemosa) 73 



BIRCH (Betula). 



Section 13. Distribution. History and Uses of Bark. Structural and 

 Physical Properties of Wood. Uses of Wood. Commercial Divi- 

 sions of Wood. Botanical Characteristics of Trees, etc 74 



a. White Birch (Betula populifolia) 76 



b. Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera) 77 



c. Red Birch (Betula nigra) 78 



d. Yellow Birch (Betula lutea) 79 



e. Sweet, Cherry Birch (Betula lenta) 80 



LOCUST; MESQUITE (Robinia, Gleditsia, Prosopis). 



Section 14. Confusion of Names. Structural and Physical Properties of 

 Wood. Uses. Structural Value of Black Locust. Durability and 



Peculiarities of Mesquite. Botanical Characteristics of Trees, etc.. . 81 



a. Black Locust, Yellow Locust (Robinia pseudacacia) 83 



b. Honey Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos) 84 



c. Mesquite (Prosopis juliflora) t 85 



WHITEWOOD OR TULIP-TREE WOOD; POPLAR OR COTTONWOOD; 

 CUCUMBER-TREE WOOD; BASSWOOD (Liriodendron), (Populus), 

 (Magnolia), (Tilia). 



Section 15. Structural Relations. Peculiarities and Uses of Wood. 



Confusion of Names. Botanical Characteristics of Trees, etc 86 



a. Whitewood, Tulip-tree or Yellow Poplar (Liriodendron 



tulipifera) 88 



b. Poplar, Large Tooth Aspen (Populus grandidentata) 89 



