35 



Table 20 Concluded. 



*Less than 1-100 of one per cent. 



fThe white and rod oak groups have been combined in this table. 



In Part II of the Report the information is given separately. 



36.93% in. , 63.07% out. 



YELLOW POPLAR. 

 ( Liriodendron tulipifera) . 



Forty-one classes of factories demand yellow poplar, which next to sugar 

 maple, shows the widest distribution among industries of any wood that 

 Pennsylvania factories demand. In this particular it excels white oak. The 

 number of particular uses (see table of uses) reported for yellow poplar, 

 however, is nearly 50 per cent, less than for white oak, while the total poplar 

 used in the State was less by forty million feet. Yellow poplar is of 

 fine texture, more easily worked, takes paint readily, and holds its shape 

 after drying better than any other domestic wood. In texture it is similar to 

 basswood. Because it is frequently called whitewood it is often confused 

 with basswood, but is softer. There is a great difference between the heart- 

 wood and the sapwood of yellow poplar; the former in a number of in- 



