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ELEMENTARY FORESTRY. 
TABLE OF TREES ARRANGED IN ORDER OF THE WEIGHT OF 
DRY WOOD.+ 
Approxi- 
Specific 
BOTANICAL NAMES. COMMON NAMES. mas Hee a 
| value. dry wood. 
Crataegus COCCIN€A .... 622.264. White Thorn .225020 + 85.85 0.8618 
FHIiCOFIG OVALE 5 senwsdrnasaanee Shellbark Hickory.... 83.11 0.8372 
Ostrya virgintand .....-. 66225. | Hop Hornbeam...... $2.43 0.8284 
Amelanchier alnifolia........- Service-berry .......+-}e..e.05 0.8262 
Amelanchier canadensis ...... Juneberry............- G7 .95 0.7888 
Crataegus tomentosa. .... +... Black Thorn .......... 75.49 0.7585 
FLicovrta MIntma sce ce eee evens 3itternut Hickory .... 74.74 0.7552 
QuenGUsiAlOds iosgnu eed Gee netins White Oak svsis32 2320 74.39 0.7470 
Quercus MACVOCAV PA... +. 6.60. Bur Oakineis socesaacces 74.06 0.7453 
Robinia pseudacacta .......... TOGuUStaatareawoeaend 72.96 0.7333 
Prunus americana ............ | Wild Plum........... 73.00 0.7313 
Viburnum lenlago ........ eee Blacks Haws: sageess = 72.82 0.7303 
Celtis occidentalis.......-4+++-+ Hackberry ........-.-. 72.08 0.7287 
Carpinus carvoliniana ..... Blue Beech...........- 72.26 0.7286 
CIMUS VACEMOSA... 666. eee eee Cork Blin: «ceeeac. 72.20 | 0.7268 
Crataegus crus-galli,........ . | Cockspur Thorn ...... 71.54 | 0.7194 
Fraxtnus lanceolata. .......1+. Gréen ASH vais cases: 70.71 | 0.7117 
Quercus coccinea .............. | Scarlet Oak ..... 6... 70.82 0.7095 
PYVUS COTORAVIA ois sxoerecer es | WUC Crabs esse dees 70.11 0.7048 
Ulmus pubescens............... | Slippery Elm......... 68.98 0.6956 
PYUNUS VITQINIANG 0... eee eee Choke Cherry......... 69.16 0.6951 
Gymnocladus dtotcus .. 6... 06+ Coffee: Tree: 6 22 22 xcieeicie 68.88 0.6934 
cer saccharum Sugar Maple .........- 68.75 0.6916 
Acer platanotdes 6.060.622 cee Norway Maple........ 0.6800* 
Gleditsia tr tacanthos .....4.+++ Honey Locust ........ 66.86 0.6740 
QWOV CUS FUBUE sos 6cs ese ween. wiace e's Red Oak .. 2. secae.e een 66.04 0.6621 
tIn this table the figures relating to North American species have been 
taken directly from or calculated trom data in Sargent’s Silva of North 
America and the report of the Tenth Census, and those relating to Eu- 
ropean species are from various European sources, 
*Air dried. 
