SPECIES OF WOODS. 



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0.7045; very strong (17th in this list) ; 

 elastic (25th in this list) ; hard (18th 

 in this list) ; shrinkage, 4 per cent, or 

 more; warps and checks in drying; dur- 

 able; rather hard to work; splits read- 

 ily, nails badly. 



Common Uses: Furniture, interior 

 trim, cooperage, construction. 



Remarks : Foliage handsome in fall ; 

 persists thru winter. 



Radial Section, 

 life size. 



Cross-section, 

 magnified z? 1 /^ diameters. 



Tangential Section, 

 life size. 



