1 86 THE PRINCIPAL SPECIES OF IVOOD. 



Cabbage Palmetto. Sabal palmetto Walt. 



Nomenclature. (Sudworth.) 



Cabbage Palmetto, Palmetto Cabbage Tree (Miss., Fla.). 

 (N. C, S. C). Tree Palmetto (La.). 



Locality. 



Southern Atlantic and Gulf coast, United States (intermittently). 



Features of Tree. 



Medium size, thirty to forty feet in height, one to two and one- 

 half feet in diameter. 



Color, Appearance, or Grain of Wood. 



Light-brown tint. Characteristic coarse fibre arrangement. 



Structural Qualities of Wood. 



Light, soft, difficult to work; durable in marine work; repels 

 teredo. 



Representative Uses of Wood. 

 Piles, wharf-work, etc. 



Weight of Seasoned Wood in Pounds per Cubic Foot. 

 27. 



Modulus of Elasticity. 



Modulus of Rupture. 



Remarks. 



Scrubbing-brush "bristles" are made in considerale quantities 

 in Florida from the sheath of young leaves. The inner part 

 of young plants is edible. It is said (N. Y. Evening Post, 

 April 20, 1901) that paper is being manufactured from the 

 leaves of the Palmetto. 



