SPECIES OP WOODS. 



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Physical dualities : Weight, medium 

 (33d in this list) ; 37 Ibs. per cu. ft.; 

 sp. gr. 0.5955; very strong (14th in this 

 list) ; very elastic (3d in this list) ; me- 

 dium hard (39th in this list) ; shrink- 

 age, 6 per cent. ; warps, ; not 



durable, except bark ; easy to work ; splits 

 with difficulty, nails well, tough. 



Common Uses : Spools, shoe lasts and 

 pegs, turnery, bark for canoes. 



Remarks: Forms forests. Sap yields 

 syrup. Bark yields starch. Valuable to 

 woodsmen in many ways. 



Radial Section, 

 life size. 



Cross-section, 

 magnified 37^ diameters. 



Tangential Section, 

 life size. 



