86 THE PRINCIPAL SPECIES OF WOOD. 



Cucumber Tree. Magnolia acuminata Linn. 



Nomenclature. (Sudworth.) 



Cucumber Tree (R. I., Mass., Mountain Magnolia (Miss., Ky.). 

 N. Y., Pa., N. C, S. C., Black Lin, Cucumber (W. Va.). 

 Ala., Miss., La,, Ark., Ky., Magnolia (Ark.). 

 W. Va., Ohio, Ind., 111.). 



Locality. 



New York to Illinois, southward through Kentucky and Ten- 

 nessee to Gulf (intermittently). 



Features of Tree. 



Fifty to occasionally one hundred feet in height, two to four 

 feet in diameter. A large, handsome, symmetrical tree, with 

 cones resembling cucumbers. 



Color, Appearance, or Grain of Wood. 



Heartwood brownish yellow, sapwood nearly white, close- 

 grained, compact structure. Satiny, thin medullary rays. 



Structural Qualities of Wood. 



Light, soft, not strong, durable. Qualities similar to white- 

 wood. 



Representative Uses of Wood. 



Cabinet-making, cheap furniture, flooring, pump-logs, troughs, 

 crates, packing-boxes. Used similarly to L. tulipifera. 



Weight of Seasoned Wood in Pounds per Cubic Foot. 



29. 

 Modulus of Elasticity. 



1,310,000. 

 Modulus of Rupture. 



9500. 



Remarks. 



Wood resembles and is often sold for tulip-tree wood. 



