18 Wooo-U OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 



basswood and probably all of them are represented in the forests 

 of the State. They are so nearly alike that generally their dif- 

 ferences are not noticed ; they are known as white, downy, and 

 common basswood. The name limetree is sometimes applied to 

 the basswood in South Carolina. 



THE ELMS 



Two species of elm occur in South Carolina ; the lumber from 

 both are used without distinction under the common name elm. 

 One species is the white or American elm, the other i^ the 

 winded elm. The last name is applied only to the tree, but not 

 to the lumber, and is descriptive of the flattened wings or keels 

 occuring on small boughs. Such twigs are often a half inch or 

 even an inch broad and not much thicker than a heavy knife 

 blade. They are quite conspicuous when the tree is bare of 

 leaves. Twigs of white elm, on the other hand, are slender and 

 delicate, and when not in leaf the two species are easily dis- 

 tinguished. All of the elm lumber used in the State was reported 

 as used for fruit and vegetable packages and as hoops for ba 

 and veneer barrels. It is tough, strong, and limber, and is the 

 principal wood used for hoops in the United States. 



SPANISH CEDAR 



This is a foreign wood used in the United States principally 

 for cigar boxes, its only use in South Carolina. The material is 

 received in log form about the size of large telegraph poles and 

 manufactured into veneer at the box factory. Some boxes are 

 made entirely of the cedar, others are made of a different species, 

 often yellow poplar, and are covered by a thin sheet of cedar 

 veneer not much thicker than paper. The cedar is said to .1; 

 pleasant flavor and odor to cigars. It grows in the West In 



co, Central and South America, and is not a hijjh priced 

 wood when it reaches the ports of the United States. 



BIRCH 



The most abundant birch in the that found aloni^ the 



streams and in low ground. It is the river birch, a tree which 

 produces plain lumber, lacking some of the qualities that 

 value \vood of the sweet birch and of the yellow birch of 



the North. 'I ier species attain their greatest com in 



importance in the Lake States, New York, and New England. 



