SPECIES OF WOODS. 



in this list) ; elasticit)', medium (41st in 

 this list) ; hardness, medium (42nfl in 

 this list) ; shrinkage, 4 per cent. ; warps 



; not durable; hard to work, 



brittle; splits easily in nailing. 



Common Uses : Lumber, railway ties, 

 mine timbers. 



Remarks: Forms extensive open for- 



ests. 





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Radial Section, 

 life size. 



Cross-section, 

 magnified sy^A diameters. 



Tangential Seclion. 

 life size. 



