SPECIES OF WOODS. 



139 



45 lbs. per cu. ft.; sp. gr., 0.6540; strong 

 (21st in this list) ; elastic (IStli in this 

 list) ; hard (36th in this list) ; shrink- 

 age 6 to 10 per cent. ; warps and checks 

 badly ; moderately durable ; easier to 

 work than white oak; splits readily, 

 nails badly. 



Common Uses: Cooperage, interior 

 finish, furniture. 



Remarks: Grows rapidly. An infe- 

 rior substitute for white oak. Bark used 

 in tanning. 



Radial Section, 

 life size. 



Cross-section, 

 magnified 37J/2 diameters. 



Tangential Section, 

 life sL^t . 



