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MINOR SPECIES. 



Woods cut in too small quantities to be presented in separate tables 

 are included under minor species. Some of the species are native and 

 some foreign. The foreign woods are imported in log form and 

 sawed, at special mills located in the States designated in Table 32. 



True mahogany {Sioletenia mahagoni and S. macrophylla) comes 

 from tropical America. Other so-called mahoganies come from 

 Africa, South America, India, and the Philippines. 



Black v/illow {Salix nigra) is sawed into lumber in the lower Mis- 

 sissippi Valley. 



Cherry {Prunus serotina) is a scarce but valuable tree, and is cut 

 in many Eastern States. 



Buckeye {Aesculus octandra) is a tree cut for lumber and often 

 known as yellow buckeye. 



Cucumber {Magnolia acurninato.) is cut in Ohio, North Carolina, 

 New York, and intervening States. The lumber frequently goes to ' 

 market as " poplar saps " or the sapwood of yellow poplar. 



Magnolia [Magnolia grancUflora) , also known in the South as ever- 

 green magnolia, furnishes the magnolia lumber of commerce. 



Hackberry {Celtis occidentaUs) and sugarberry {Celtls m.issis- 

 sippiensis) are both cut as hackberry lumber, mostly in the Southern 

 States. 



Black (or yellow) locust {Rohinia pseudacacia) is usually made 

 into insulator pins, tree nails, and hubs, but seldom into lumber. It 

 is very durable, and some of the lumber reported may have been 

 sawed posts. Honey locust {Gleditsia tricanthos) v\?as probably the 

 source of most of the locust lumber. 



Butternut {Jwglans cinerea)^ although much less valuable than 

 vralnut, is occasionally cut in the Northern and Central States. 



Pecan {Gary a pecan) is a southern tree of the hickory family, 

 more valuable for nuts than lumber, and with inferior wood. 



Most of the eucalyptus lumber comes from blue gum {Eucalyptus 

 globulus)^ which is an Australian tree, successfully planted in Cali- 

 fornia. Other species are growing in California and sometimes fur- 

 nish sawlogs. 



Box elder {Acer negundo) is a member of the maple family, but 

 supplies inferior lumber. 



Eed alder {Alnus rubra) is one of the few Pacific coast hardwoods. 



Spanish cedar {Cedrela odorata) is imported in large quantities 

 to make cigar-box veneer, and is sometimes sawed into lumber. 



Sassafras {Sassafrccs v aril folium) is sometimes cut in hardwood 

 operations. 



Limber pine {Pinus flexilis) is a scarce Kocky Mountain species, 

 suppljdng inferior " white pine " lumber. 



