FUEL. 



The following table, abridged from Browne's Sylva 

 Americana, will be found valuable to housekeepers in aid- 

 ing them to form an estimate of the comparative value of 

 fire woods in a seasoned state, or when burnt to charcoal. 

 TABLE, showing the Comparative Values of Fire Woods. 



WOODS. 



Shellbark Hickory, 



Common Walnut, 



White Oak 



Thick Shellbark Hickory, . 



White Ash, 



Scrub Oak, 



Witch Hazel, 



Apple Tree, 



Red Oak, 



B'ack Gum, 



Black Walnut, 



White Beech, 



Black Birch 



Yellow Oak 



Sugar Maple, 



White Elm, 



Holly, 



Wild Cherry, 



Yellow Pine, 



Sycamore, or Button wood, 



Chestnut, 



Spanish Oak, 



Poplar, 



Butternut, 



White Birch, 



Jergey Pine, 



Pitch Pine, 



White Pine 



Lombardy Poplar, 



