SPECIES OF WOODS. 



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Physical Qualities: Light in -weight 

 (51st ill this list) ; 27.77 lbs. per eu. ft., 

 sp. gr. 0.4456; weak (65th in this list) ; 

 very brittle (64th in this list); soft 

 (46th in this list) ; shrinks consider- 

 ably ; warps and checks badly ; soft, weak, 

 indents without breaking ; splits easily. 



Common Uses: Lap-boards, baskets, 

 water wheels, fuel and charcoal for gun- 

 powder. 



Remarks: Its characteristic of in- 

 denting witlioiit breaking has given it 

 use as lining for carts and as crickei 

 bats. Of the many willows, the niosl 

 tree like in proportion in eastern Nortli 

 America. Bark contains salycj'lic acid. 



Kadial Section, 

 life size. 



Cross-section, 

 majfnificd 37j^ diameters. 



laitgenlial bectlun, 

 life size. 



