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WOOD AND FOREST. 

 ADDITIONAL NOTES continued. 





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Beech J^__ .Sycamore 1 .Birch 



Fig-. 136. Wood of Beech, Sycamore and Birch. 



2. Pith rays not or rarely broader than the pores, fine but conspicuous. 

 a. Wood heavy and hard, usually of darker reddish color and com- 

 monly spotted on cross-section RED MAPLE. 



6. Wood of medium weight and hardness, usually light colored. 



SILVER MAPLE. 



Fijr. 137. Wood of Maple. 



Red maple is not always safely distinguished from soft maple. In box 

 elder the pores are finer and more numerous than in soft maple. 

 The various species of elm may be distinguished as follows: 



1. Pores of spring wood form a broad band of several rows; easy split- 

 ting, dark brown heart RED ELM. 



2. Pores of spring wood usually in a single row, or nearly so. 



a. Pores of spring wood large, conspicuously so WHITE ELM. 



6. Pores of spring wood small to minute. 



