USEFUL TREES 



273 



Name of Tree. 

 9. Elm 



10. Holly . 



J I. Hornbeam 

 32. Lime 



33. Maple 



34. Nut Hazel 



35. Oak 



Uses. 



Wood very hard and tenacious, 

 useful for underground work and 

 in water, such as making a dam, 

 locks, sea-groins, flood-gates, etc. 



Yields a beautiful hard, white wood 

 which is used for cabinet making, 

 etc. Berries afford food for birds 

 and decorative purposes. 



A hard, white, close-grained wood, 

 useful for making broom, rake, 

 spade, and fork handles, etc. 



This beautiful sweet-scented tree 

 yields a splendid honey to Bees; 

 bark is made into ropes and mats; 

 wood soft and light, white in 

 colour, and useful for working 

 into articles where a soft, light 

 wood is essential. 



A firm, fine-grained wood, browning 

 with age. 



Provides sweet nuts relished by 

 mankind and many wild crea- 

 tures. Grows very clean and 

 straight, and is thus largely used 

 for walking sticks. 



Fruit, known as acorns, useful for 

 feeding Pigs, Squirrels, etc. 

 Articles of furniture when made 

 of this wood become very valu- 

 able with age, darkening in 

 colour, and are much sought after 

 by connoisseurs. Bark largely 

 used for tanning and as cork; 

 wood very durable for fences and 

 doors. Our old British men-of- 

 war were largely built of this 

 venerable tree; the wood is so 

 durable that it suggested to the 

 composer of the well-known song, 

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