SPECIES OF WOODS. 



99 



Physical Qualities; Light (65th in 

 this list) ; 18 lbs. per cii. ft.; sp. gr., 

 0.2882; weak (63d in this list); brit- 

 tle (62cl in this list) ; very soft (61st 

 in this list) ; shrinks little; warps lit- 

 tle ; remarkably durable ; easy to work, 

 splits readily, takes nails well. 



Common Uses: Construction, lum- 

 ber, coffins, shingles. 



Remarks : Dimensions and age are 

 unequalled; Big Tree and Eedwood 

 survivors of a prelhstoric genns, once 

 widely distributed. Some specimens 

 3000 vears old. 



Radial ijction, 

 life size. 



Cross-section, 

 magnified 37^2 diameters. 



Tangential Section, 

 life size. 



