io6 THE PRINCIPAL SPECIES OF tVOOD. 



Dogwood, Flowering Dogwood. Comus florida Linn. 



Nomenclature. (Sudworth.) 



Dogwood, Flowering Dog- False Box-dogwood (Ky. ). 



wood (local and common New England Boxwood 



names). (Tenn.). 



Boxwood (Conn., R. I., N.Y., Cornel, Flowering Cornel 



Miss., Mich., Ky., Ind., (Tex., R. I.). 



Ont.). 



Locality. 



New England to Florida, westward intermittently to Minnesota 

 and Texas, Sierra Madra Mountains, Mexico. 



Features of Tree. 



Twenty-five to thirty-five feet in height, one foot or more in 

 diameter. Often low shrub, large white flowers precede 

 foliage, red berry in fall. Rough blackish bark. 



Color, Appearance, or Grain of Wood. 



Heartwood rich brown, changing to green and red. Sapwood 

 lighter, close-grained. 



Structural Qualities of Wood. 



Heavy, strong, tough, hard, receives high polish. 



Representative Uses of Wood. 



Wood-carving, engraving, bearings of machinery, turnery. 



Weight of Seasoned Wood in Pounds per Cubic Foot. 



50. 

 Modulus of Elasticity. 



1, 160,000. 

 Modulus of Rupture. 



Remarks. 



The Mexican or Black Persimmon and the Great Laurel {Rho- 

 dodendron maximum) afford substitutes, Yellowwood (Schaef- 

 feria frutescens) is also known as boxwood. The names 

 Dogwood and Poison Dogwood are often applied to the 

 sumach. Comus signifies horn and refers to hardness of 

 wood. 



