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Blue Jack {Quercus irevifoUa). — Large trees of this 

 species are not often seen, and the wood is too coarse for 

 any but rough uses. 



Buchthoi'n Bumelia {Bumelis lycoides). — Some call 

 this tree mock orange, and some ironwood. It attains a 

 trunk diameter of six inches and a height of 25 or 30 

 feet ; wood is heavy and weak, and of yellow color. 



Bustio {Dipholis salicifolia). — Cassado is one of the 

 names by which the tree is known in Florida. It attains 

 a height of 50 feet and a diameter of 20 incTies. The 

 wood is red, excedingly hard and heavy, and is found in 

 the extreme south of the State. 



Cabhage Palmetto (Sabal palmetto). — The cabbage pal- 

 metto is abundant in many parts of the State, and trunks 

 40 feet high and a foot in diameter are not uncommon. 



Chinquapin {Castamea pumila). — This little chestnut 

 tree grows in the northern part of the State, where it 

 reaches the southern boundary of its range. 



Cinnamon Bark {Canella winterana). — A height of 25 

 feet and a diameter of eight inches are usual, and the 

 wood is very heavy and exceedingly hard. Its color is 

 dark brown. The species grows on the southern keys in 

 the shade of other trees. 



Cockspur {Crataegus crus-galU). — This thornbush occa- 

 sionally becomes a small tree. Its wood is heavy, hard 

 and strong. ■ 



Cocoa Plum {Chrysohalanus icaeo). — Gopher plum is 

 another name for this tree which may be 25 feet high and 

 a foot in diameter; with strong, hard, heavy, brown-col- 

 ored wood. It is confined in Florida to the southern part 

 of the State. 



Corkwood {Leitneria floridana). — A small amount of 

 this species is found in western Florida near Apalachi- 

 cola. It is little more than a shrub in size, and the wood 

 is soft and very light. 

 I— Bull. 



