StATK HOAIU) OF FORESTKY. 169 



The published records of the (hstribution are as follows: Car- 

 roll (Thompson); Cass (Benedict and Elrod) and (Coulter); ('lark 

 (Baird and Taylor); Delaware (Phinney); Delaware, Jay, Randolph 

 and Wayne (Phinney) ; Fountain (Brown) ; Franklin (Raymond) and 

 (Meyncke); Gibson (Schneck); Hamilton (Wilson); Jay (M'Caslin); 

 JefTerson (Coulter) and (Young); Knox (Ridgway) and (Thomas); 

 Kosciusko (Clark); Marion (Wilson); Miami (Gorby); Noble (Van 

 Gorder); Parke (Hobbs); Posey (Schneck); Steuben (Bradner); 

 Vigo (Blatchley); Wabash (Benedict and Elrod); Wayne (Retry 

 and Markle). 



Additional records are: Montgomery (Rose) and (Thompson); 

 Putnam (Cook), (Grimes) and (MacDougal); Tippecanoe (Coulter) 

 and (Dorner); Clark, Decatur, Delaware, Floyd, Gibson, Hancock, 

 Hendricks, Jennings, Laporte, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, 

 Morgan, Owen, Porter, Wells (Deam). 



Economic uses. Wood very hard, strong, usually tough, difficult 

 to season, close-grained, takes a high polish, sap wood white, heart 

 wood light or reddish-brown. Some trees are composed principally 

 of white wood, hence the name 'Vhite beech", and are much 

 tougher than those that are principally red wood, which are popu- 

 larly known as 'Ved beech". Our best botanists have failed to 

 separate the two kinds of trees botanically. Used chiefly for build- 

 ing material, frame stuff, heading, staves and fuel. 



Horticultural value. Its dense shade, clean appearance of the 

 limbs and trunk, slender branches which turn up at the extremities 

 and freedom from disease and insects make this one of the most 

 desirable trees for ornamental and shade tree planting. It is not 

 easy to transplant and because it does not grow rapidly and straight 

 it is not frequently used. When grown in the open it is not inclined 

 to grow tall. It is best adapted to a moist, rich and well drained 

 soil. 



2. CASTANEA. The Chestnut. 



(Named from a town in Thessaly, famed for its chestnut trees). 



Castanea dentata (Marshall) Borkhausen. Chestnut. Plate 42. 

 Bark of old trees deeply fissured, dark gray or brown, bark of young 

 trees smooth; twigs at first hairy, soon smooth; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, 1-3 dm. (4-12 inches) long, taper-pointed, wedge-shaped 

 or obtuse at the base, coarsely serrate with incurved teeth, veins 

 terminating in the teeth; flowers appear after the leaves in June or 

 July, strong-scented, staminate aments terminal and from the axils 

 of the lower leaves, 1-2 dm. (4-8 inches) long, pistillate flowers ap- 

 pear in clusters of 2-5 just below the staminate aments or in the 



