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IXDCSTIUAI. IM.AXTS 



to such minor articles as toothpicks, caiics, and souvenir or- 

 naments. 



Sycamore (Fik. 2r)()j is just coming to l)e appreciated as 

 an ornamental wood capaltle of charming effects in cabinet 

 work and interior finishing, especially with cjuarter-sawed 



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I'"ii;. 257. — Eiir<i|ic;iii liccc'h (F^nju^ Hi/lnil/rd, Brech Family, Faoacea). 

 1, flowering iiraiii'h, sh(n\ijiti stauiinatr fl(^^^■er-cluster at a, and pistil- 

 late cluster al)o"\'e. J, ataniinate fiowiT. ..)', jjistillate flt^wer, rut vei-- 

 ticalb'. 4' ovaries, cut across. J, fruit \\'ith cup and nuts. '/, nut. 

 (AVossidlo.) — Tree growing 3.5 m. tall; bark smooth and Krayish; k-avrs 

 fringed when young; flowers purplish; fruit hrown. .Xative homo, 

 Europe. 



stock; thougli for ])arts less exposixl to \-iew, sucli as the 

 inside of tlrawers, and for cooperage and lioxes it is (exten- 

 sively used on account of its stiffness and strength. 



Brrch (Figs. 241, 257) resembles sycamore in its ]iroperties, 

 and is used in somewhat th(> sani(> ways b}' cabint^t makers 

 antl turners. 



