28 BULLETIN 232, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Hackberry (Oeltis occidentalis) and sugarberry (Celtis missis- 

 sippiensis) are listed without distinction as hackberry lumber. 

 Both occur in the lower Mississippi Valley States and westward, and 

 hackberry is scattered over most of the United States east of the 

 Rocky Mountains, but in many regions is very scarce. 



Butternut {Juglans cinerea) ranges from New Brunswick to 

 Georgia and from Dakota to Arkansas. 



Persimmon {Diospyros virginiana) is found chiefly in the Southern 

 States, but it grows northward to Kansas and Connecticut. 



Dogwood {Cornus florida) is too small for saw logs, but is cut into 

 billets suitable for shuttle makers. The principal supply comes 

 from Tennessee, Kentucky, the Carolinas, and Virginia, but its 

 range covers the eastern half of the United States. 



Pecan {Hicoria pecan) is a hickory with wood inferior to the 

 commercial hickories. It is a southern species more valuable for 

 nuts than lumber. 



Ebony is foreign. Several trees belonging to the same family as 

 persimmon produce the wood. 



Two alders are sawed for lumber — -red alder {Alnus oregona) and 

 white alder {Alnus rliombifolia) — 'both native of the Pacific coast. 



Applewood is cut from many varieties of apple of planted stock. 



Bois d'Arc, or Osage orange (Toxylon pomiferum) , has been widely 

 planted, but its native home is in Texas and Oklahoma. 



Chinquapin. (Oastanea pumila) ranges from Pennsylvania to Florida 

 and westward to Texas. Sometimes lumber which is listed as 

 chinquapin is chinquapin oak (Quercus acuminata), which occupies 

 much the same range. 



Coffeetree {Gymnocladus dioicus) is found scattered over much of 

 the eastern half of the United States, but is most abundant in Ken- 

 tucky and Tennessee. 



Crab apple is a term applied to a number of species in the eastern 

 half of the country, but the sweet crab (Pyrus coronaria) is the best 

 known. 



Eucalyptus {Eucalyptus globulus) is an Australian tree which is grow- 

 ing successfully from plantings in California. More than 50 other 

 species of eucalyptus are growing in California, several of which are 

 sometimes converted into timber locally. 



Hornbeam {Ostrya virginiana) is found from Nova Scotia to Texas. 



Ironwood is a term applied to so many woods, both domestic and 

 foreign, that the word is meaningless in determining the species 

 referred to. It is often applied to lignum-vitae. 



Jenisero, prima vera, and white mahogany {Tabebuia donndl- 

 smithii) are different names for the same species, which grows in 

 southern Mexico and Central America. 



