CONTENTS 



Page. 



Introduction 8 



Purpose of the Study , , 9 



Forest Conditions, 10 



Importance of Manufacturing, 12 



Future Timber Supply , 12 



Scope of the Study, '. . 13 



Part I. 



Kinds of Wood 14 



The Woods Grown in Pennsylvania , 17 



Specific Descriptions , 18 



SOFTWOODS , 19 



Pines , 19 



Hemlocks , 27 



Cypress , 



Spruce , 29 



Douglas Fir, 30 



Cedars , 31 



Redwood 



Tamarack 



Balsam Fir . 33 



THE HARDWOODS , 33 



Oaks, 34 



Yellow Poplar, 35 



Maples , 37 



Chestnut, 39 



Beech 40 



Red Gum , 42 



Basswood , 43 



Birches 44 



Hickories , 45 



Ashes , 47 



Elms , 48 



Cottonwood , 49 



Gums , 50 



Cherry 52 



Black Walnut , 52 



Sycamore , 53 



Hornbeam , 54 



Black Locust , 55 



Cucumber , 55 



Buckeye , 56 



Applewood , 57 



Dogwood , 57 



Persimmon '. 58 



Butternut , 58 



Minor Species , 59 



Foreign Woods 59 



Description of Qualities , ' 60 



Part II. 



INDUSTRIES, ' 61 



Planing Mill Products , 63 



Boxes , 65 



Car Construction 68 



