SPECIES OP WOODS. 



107 



lbs. per cu. ft., sp. gr. 0.3323) ; weak 

 (64th in this list) ; brittle (63(3 in this 

 list; soft (62cl in this list) ; shrinkage 

 3 per cent. ; warps little ; extremely dur- 

 able; easily worked; splits easily; nail? 

 well. 



Common Uses: Boats, shingles, posts, 

 railway ties, cooperage. 



Kemarks : Grows chiefly in swamps, 

 often in dense pure forests. Uses deter- 

 mined largely by its durability. 



Radial Section, 

 life size. 



Cross-section, 

 magnified 3716 diameters. 



Tangential Section, 

 life size. 



