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Mockernut {Hicoria alia) is a valuable and well-knowa 

 species of hickory. 



Mountain Laurel \Kalmia latifolia) does not often at- 

 tain tree size, though it is sometimes 30 or 40 feet high 

 and a foot or more in diameter. The wood is hard, strong, 

 and brittle. 



Naked Stopper {A!ndmomis dichotama) may be six 

 inches thick and 20 feet high. It belongs in the southern 

 part of the State. The wood is light brown or red, and 

 is hard and very heavy. 



Naked-wood {Golubrina recUnata), or soWierwood as 

 it is sometimes called, is native in the extreme south of 

 Florida, where it is 50 or .60 feet high and three feet or 

 more in diameter. The hard, heavy wood is dark brown 

 tinged with yellow. 



Narrowleoff Crab (Pyrus angustifolia) , or crabtree, as 

 it is frequently called, in northwestern Florida is 20 or 

 25 feet high, with hard, heavy, reddish brown wood. 



Odorless Myrtle {Myrica modora). — This small tree is 

 very scarce in Florida. 



Overoup Oak (Quercus lyrata) is a commercial species 

 with its southern limit in western Florida. It is not 

 abundant there. 



Paradise-tree (Simarmihai glauca), or bitterwood, is 

 native of southern Florida, occasionally 18 or 20 inches 

 in diameter and 40 or 50 feet tall. The brown wood is 

 soft and light. 



Parsley Haw (Crataegus apUfoUa) is found in the 

 northern part of the State, with a small trunk, seldom 

 more than 20 feet high. 



Pawpaw {Asimvna triloba). — This tree is small and 

 the wood is. light, soft, and weak. 



Pigeon Plum (GocoloMs laurifolia) attains a diameter 

 of one Or two feet and a height of 60 or 70. The wood 



