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FOREST TREES OF NORTH AMERICA. 



TABLE V.-BEHAVIOR OF THE PRINCIPAL WOODS OF THE 



Specie*. 



m. Fraxinns Ameiicaiut. 

 ithilt Ath. 



ne. Fraxinns Amerlcaua.ror.Tox- 



193. Fraxiima pnbpscens . 

 Ked Ath. 



IM. Fraxiims viridia 

 Green Afh. 



US. Fraxlnus platycarpn 



WaUr Ath. 



tat. Fraxinns quadrangolata . 

 Slut Ath. 



SUte. 



S9> 

 114> 

 U4> 

 U4> 

 1U 

 114 

 130 

 ISO 

 212 

 212 

 227' 

 227 

 227 



267' 



267 



431 



551 



551 



747 



747 



937 

 1045 

 1045 



364 

 864 



229 

 2295 

 1059 



57 

 308 

 308 

 438 

 948 

 948 

 957 

 957 



Texas . 

 ...do. 



Missouri... 



Texas 



...do 



Tennessee . 



Texas 



...do 



....do 



....do 



536 



68 

 66 

 125 

 125 

 286' 



291 

 618 



Alabama . 



Locality. 



Missoori 



Michigan 



...do 



...do 



...do 



....do 



Sonth Carolina 



...do 



Virginia 



...do 



Vermont 



...do 



....do 



Virginia 



....do 



Tennessee 



Alabama 



....do 



Georgia 



...do 



Texas 



Massachnsetts 



...do 



Allenton 



SansTille 



...do 



Hudson 



Lansing 



Dansville 



Bonnean's Depot . 

 ....do 



WytlioTiUe 



....do 



Charlotte 



....do 



...do 



Wytheville 



...do 



Nashville 



Kemper's mill . 



...dn 



Bainbridge 



...do 



Anstin 



Beading 



.do 



Collector. 



Vermont 



...do 



Massachusetts . . . 



Dallas . 

 ...do. 



Charlotte . 



...do 



Topsflold . 



Allenton 



Dallas 



...do 



Nashville 



Victoria 



....do 



Matagorda bay . 

 ....do 



Stockton. 



Missouri Allenton. 



..do 



Michigan . . 



..do 



Kentucky - 



.do. 



Missouri... 

 Tennessee . 



...do 



Lansing 



...do 



Mercer county. 



.do. 



G. W. Letterman . 



W.J.Beal 



...do 



...do 



...do 



....do 



H. W. Eavenel. 



...do 



H. Shriver 



....do 



C. G. Pringle . . 



...do 



...do 



H. Shriver 



....do 



A. Gattinger ., 



C. Mohr 



....do 



A.H.Curtiss.. 



....do 



C.Mohr 



J. Bobinson... 

 ...do 



Sou. 



el ' 

 aBa 



Low .. 

 CUy.. 

 ...do. 



Remark*. 



Clay.. 

 Wet.. 

 ...do. 



Gravelly. 

 ...do.... 

 ...do.... 



J. Beverchon 

 ...do 



Limestone 



Alluvial ....'' 



...do 



Elver-bottom 



...do 



Rich, calcareous . 



Dry, calcareous. 

 ...do 



7530 

 5851 

 5579 

 9526 

 9934 

 6761 

 9208 

 8709 

 7983 

 7756 

 7281 

 7485 

 7349 

 6141 

 6509 

 8346 

 7439 

 6736 

 6057 

 5080 

 167 



9435 

 7892 



Triple flexure 



do 



Triple flexure ; split at end 



Deflected diasonally ; crushed at 



25 millimetirs froin middle. 

 Crushed at 25 millimetcra from 



end. 

 Crushed at 38 millimeters from 



middle; "Cooper linos." 

 Crushed at 04 millimelers from 



end. 

 Crushed at 114 millimeters from 



end. 

 Crashed at middle 



Crushed at 33 'millimeters from 



middle. 

 Crushed at 51 millimeters from 



middle ; deflcctid diasonally. 

 Crushed at 3 raillimefor.'i knot 12 



millimeters from middle. 

 Triple flexure 



Crushed at 38 millimeters from 



middle. 

 Deflected diagonally; maximum 



bend asmillimetersfi-om middle. 

 Triple flexure 



.do. 



C.G. Pringle. 



...do 



J. Bobinson . 



G. TV. Letterman. 

 J. Beverchon 



...do 



A. Gattinger 



C.Mohr 



....do 



....do 



...do 



Clay 



...do 



River-bottom . 



Deflected and fibers crushed at 76 



millimeters from end. 

 Crushed at 3 millimeters knot at 



middle. 

 Triple flexure ; split at ends 



Crushod at end and at 70 millime- 

 ters from end in vicinity of l:ilots. 

 Triple flexure; middle bend 19 



milliajeters from center. 

 do 



.do. 



Allenton 



Nashville 



6. W. Letterman. 



...do 



W.J.Beal 



...do 



W. M. Linney 



Bich, wet 



...do 



...do 



Bich upland . 



Bich, wet 



....do 



....do 



....do 



Rich, alluvial . 



.do . 



G.W. Letterman. 

 A. Gattinger 



Dry upland. 



...do 



Rich loam . . 



...do 



Limestone . 



..do . 



Sandy loam 



Rich limestone 



8301 

 8065 

 4513 



6186 

 7349 

 6829 

 8618 

 8097 

 9753 

 7892 

 7066 



4014 



8754 

 9299 

 6228 

 6327 

 9344 



8428 



6849 



Triple flexure 



Crushed at 6 millimeters knot 102 

 milliraetera from end. 



Failed at knot 64 millimeters 



from end ; cross-grained. 

 Triple flexure 



Triple flexure, deflected diago- 

 nally. 



Deflected at middle 



Crushed at middle on one face . 

 Triple flexure 



Crushed at S9 millimeters from 



cud, splitting between rings. 

 Deflected diagonally 



Triple flexure; middle bend 38 



millimeters eccentric. 

 Crushed at 6 millimeters knot 51 



iiiillimeters from end. 

 Triple flexure 



Crushed at 76 millimeters from 

 end. 



Triple flexure 



Triple flexure, deflected diago- 

 nally. 



Triple flexnrc; developed inter- 

 secting "Ciinp.T linos". 



Deflected at miuille and at 3 mllli- 

 meters knot 76 millimeters from 

 end. , , _, 



Crushed at 3 millimctors knot 51 

 millimeters from end and near 

 middle. 



Crushed on one face 19 milhme- 

 ters from middle. 



Crushed at knots 102 mfllimeters 

 from end. 



