TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PART I. 

 INTRODUCTION. 



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Section I. Wood. Definitions. " Structure." Weights. Coefficients. Uses. 



Botanical and Common Nomenclatures. General Information, etc I 



PART II. 

 EXOGENOUS SERIES. 



Section 2. Definitions. Cellular Structure. Annual Rings. Medullary or 

 Pith Rays. Pith Cavities. Sap wood and Heartwood. Cross, Radial 

 and Tangential Distinctions. " Quarter Sawn " Surfaces. Common and 

 Botanical Subdivisions, etc 7 



BROADLEAF OR HARDWOODS. 



Section 3. Distribution. Distinguishing Characteristics. General Informa- 

 tion, etc * IO 



OAK (Quercus). 



Section 4. Distribution. Historical. Structural and Physical Properties of 



Wood. Commercial Divisions. Botanical Characteristics of Trees, etc. II 



a. White Oak (Quercus alba) 13 



b. Cow Oak (Quercus michauxii) 14 



c. Chestnut Oak (Quercus prinus) ; 15 



d. Post Oak (Quercus minor) 16 



e. Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa) 17 



f. White Oak (Quercus garryana) 18 



g. Red Oak (Quercus rubra) 19 



h. Pin Oak (Quercus palustris) 20 



'. Spanish Oak (Quercus digitata) 21 



j. Black Oak ( Quercus velutina) 22 



k. Live Oak (Quercus virens) 23 



/. California Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia 24 



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