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PART II. WOOD 



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Chapter V. Lumbering and Milling 51 



The forest ; felling trees and floating logs to the mill. The form- 

 ing and breaking up of log jams. The log boom and modern saw- 

 mills. Timber and lumber denned. Annual rings ; medullary rays ; 

 formation of grain. Characteristics and defects in wood. Warping 

 and shrinkage. 



Chapter VI. Broad-Leaved Trees : the Oaks 65 



White oak. Post oak. Mossy-cup oak. Black and black-jack 

 oak. Red oak. Scarlet and pin oaks. Chestnut oak. Live oak. 



Chapter VII. Broad-Leaved Trees : the Maples 76 



Sugar and Norway maples. Silver and red maples. Sycamore 

 maple. Moosewood. Maple keys. Ash-leaved maple. Japan maples. 



Chapter VIII. Broad-Leaved Trees having Compound Leaves . 85 



Horse-chestnut. Buckeye. The hickories. Black walnut and but- 

 ternut. Locust. Honey locust. Ash. 



Chapter IX. Broad-Leaved Trees having Simple Leaves ... 94 



Elm. The birches. Beech. Ironwood. Buttonball. Sweet gum. 

 Tulip. Basswood. Willow. The poplars. Sassafras. Mulberry. 



Chapter X. The Evergreens Ill 



White pine. Georgia pine. Yellow pine. Hemlock. Spruce. 

 Cypress. Balsam fir. The cedars. 



Chapter XI. The Big Trees of California 123 



