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INDUSTRIAL PLANTS 



to such minor articles as toothpicks, canes, and souvenir or- 

 naments. 



Sycamore (P^ig. 256) is just coming to be appreciated as 

 an ornamental wood capable of charming effects in cabinet 

 work and interior finishing, especially with quarter-sawed 



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Fig. 257. — European Beech (Fagus ni/lvatica, Beech Family, Fagacew). 

 1, flowering branch, showing staniinate flower-cluster at a, and pistil- 

 late cluster above. :2, staminate flower. 3, pistillate flower, cut ver- 

 tically. 4» ovaries, cut across. 5, fruit with cup and nuts. /!, nut. 

 (Wossidlo.) — Tree growing .35 m. tall; bark smooth and grayish; leaves 

 fringed when young; flowers purplish; fruit brown. Native home, 

 Europe. 



stock; though for parts less exposed to view, such as the 

 inside of drawers, and for cooperage and boxes it is exten- 

 sively used on account of its stiffness and strength. 



Beech (Figs. 241, 257) resembles sycamore in its properties, 

 and is used in somewhat the same ways by cabinet makers 

 and turners. 



