TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PART I. 

 INTRODUCTION. 



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Section i. Wood. Definitions. "Structure." Weights. Coefficients. 

 Uses. Consumption. Botanical and Common Nomenclatures. 

 Trees. Forestry. General Information, etc i 



PART II. 



EXOGENOUS SERIES. 



Section 2. Definitions. Cellular Structure. Annual Rings. Medullary 

 or Pith Rays. Pith Cavities. Sapwood and Heartwood. Cross, 

 Radial and Tangential Distinctions. "Quarter Sawn" Surfaces. 

 Decay. Imperfections. Common and Botanical Subdivisions, etc. . 1 1 



BROADLEAF OR HARDWOODS. 



Section 3. Distribution. Distinguishing Characteristics. General In- 

 formation, etc 16 



OAK (Quercus). 



Section 4. Distribution. Historical. Structural and Physical Proper- 

 ties of Wood. Commercial Divisions. Botanical Characteristics 



of Trees, etc 17 



a. White Oak (Quercus alba) 19 



b. Cow Oak (Quercus michauxii) 20 



c > Chestnut Oak (Quercus prinus) 21 



d. Post Oak (Quercus minor) 22 



e. Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa) 23 



/. White Oak (Quercus garryana) 24 



g. Red Oak (Quercus rubra) 25 



h. Pin Oak (Quercus palustris) 26 



i. Spanish Oak (Quercus digitata) 27 



jf. Black Oak (Quercus velutina) 28 



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