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shrinks considerably, l)ut works and stands well. Used for wooden ware, 

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

 sized trees, scattered. 



1. Ohio buckeye (.Z:J.sv»/m,s fflabni) (fetid buckeye) : AUeghenies, 



Pennsylvania to Indian Territory. 



2. Sweet buckeye (^Esculns octanrlra) : AUeghenies, Penn.sylvania to 



Texas. 



BUTTERNUT. 



Butternut (Juf/latis rint-rea) (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 (Cotalpa spfciosa) : "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 (Primus serotina) : 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 ])urposes for which it is naturally well suited. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

 even finer, but in small dimensions. 



