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Q 



QxTEBEC — A province of Canada, bounded by New 



Brunswick, Maine, Ontario, and Manitoba. 

 QuEKCUS — Latin name of the oak. 



R 



Rail — That part of a railroad on which the wheels of 



the carriages run. 

 Resekve of wood — Part of a cultivated farm left in 



wood to supply the wants of the family. 

 EoBiNiA — Latin name of the locust-tree. 



S 



SAlilx — Latin name of the willow. 

 SORBUS — Latin name of the Mountain-ash. 

 Sugar-bush — A grove of maples, kept for sugar-making. 



T 



Thuya — Family coniferse — one species only in Canada. 

 TiLiA — Latin name of the lime-tree or bass-wood. 

 Trellis — A frame-work of laths, placed at equal dis- 

 tances apart, and tied together. 

 TsuGA — Latin name of the hemlock. 

 Tulip-tbee — Family magnoliacese — only one species in 



Canada. 



U 



Ulmus — Latin name of the elm. 



w 



Wastage — The boughs, chips, rough pieces, and other 

 stuff left by the choppers after preparing trees for 

 market or for use. 



Willow — Family salicacese — seventeen species in 

 Canada ; two only mentioned in this work. An 

 exotic, the Kilmarnock-willow, is also spoken of. 



