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AMERICAN FOREST TREES 



of live oak than of chestnut ; that is they run in wavy, radial lines and not in concen- 

 tric rings as in chestnut. The heartwood is darker than chestnut. 



CHINQUAPIN (Castanea pmrnUa) is a little chestnut that grows from Pennsyl- 

 vania to Texas. It is generally a shrub or a bush ten or fifteen feet high east of the 

 Alleghany mountains, but in some of the southern states it reaches a height of fifty 

 feet and a diameter of two or more, and is of largest size in southern Arkansas and 

 eastern Texas. It has no name but chinquapin which is an Indian word supposed 

 to have the same meaning that it now has. The nut is from one-fourth to one-half 

 as large as a chestnut, and is fully as sweet. It is sold in the markets of the South 

 and Southwest, but is not an important article of commerce. Where the trees are 

 large enough, the wood is put to the same uses as chestnut. It is manufactured into 

 furniture in Texas, and is bought by railroads for ties. 



