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quoted in the market. It is used much for house 

 and ship floors, and for the frames of buildings. 

 It is light, tough, and elastic. A peculiarity of 

 it is that it does not splinter as many woods do. 

 This adapts it to use for flooring, and for car- 

 riage and cart bodies. It is used in the manu- 

 facture of bowls, trays, and other vessels, and 

 for turned goods of various sorts. It has also 

 great durability under water or when much ex- 

 posed to its action. It is very valuable, there- 

 fore, for the floats of paddle-wheels and the 

 buckets of mill-wheels. 



Considerable attention has been given to the 

 willow of late in the Western States, especially 

 in those which have been lacking in trees, where 

 it has come into use to some extent for hedges 

 and wind-breaks. Its use may well be encour- 

 aged on a larger scale. Few trees will yield a 

 supply of fuel and timber as soon as the white 

 willow. 



Special attention has been recently called to 

 one of our native trees which we have not men- 

 tioned, but which ought not to be passed in si- 

 lence. It is the catalpa. This tree abounds in 

 the region adjacent to the confluence of the 



