CHAPTER XVIII. 
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LIST OF MOST VALUABLE TIMBER TREES. 
The following is a list of the most valuable timber 
trees for cultivation in the section of the United 
States to which this work is limited, viz.: for the 
northern portion of the United States, from the 
Atlantic ocean westward to the Rocky Mountains, 
and extending southward to include Virginia, Ken- 
tucky, Missouri and Kansas, as stated in Preface 
. White Oak—Quercus alba. 
. Bur Oak-—Q. macrocarpa. 
. Sugar Maple—Acer saccharinum. 
. White Ash—Fraxinus Americana, 
. Blue Ash—F. quadrangulata. 
. Red Ash—F. pubescens. 
. Black Walnut—Juglans nigra. 
. Butternut—J. cinerea. 
. Chestnut—Castanea vesca. 
. Shellbark Hickory—Carya alba, 
. Pignut Hickory—C. glabra. 
. Linden, or Basswood—Tilia Americana. 
. Tulip Tree—Liriodendron tulipifera. 
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