HAZEL 



embers glow in still air : no smell or exudation with heat. Solu- 

 tion colourless. 



Grain. Very fine, even, and dense though open : a compact, 

 solid wood. Surface bright to dull. 



Bark, i to i£ inches thick, rich, deep brown : deeply fissured 

 and scaling in long flakes which are seen to be clearly marked 

 off in the inner layers in vertical section : closely adherent, corky 

 but rather hard : many light-coloured sclerenchyma fibres. 



Uses, etc. Similar to those of the Common Hornbeam, a 

 valuable wood for turnery resembling Pear-tree wood. " Very 

 tenacious " (69). 



Authorities. Mathieu (69), p. 403. Wiesner (131), L. 13, 

 p. 890. 



Colour. Heart-wood light-red, pinkish to brown fading 

 gradually into the lighter sap-wood. 



Anatomical Characters. As those of O. virginica No. 193. 

 Transverse section differs inasmuch as the tree-like arrangement 

 is not so visible to good sight, the soft-tissue not being so white 

 and therefore does not show up without considerable magni- 

 fication. 



Tangential Section. The same feature provides a slight distinc- 

 tion as S-T appears as clearly hoary fringes to the loops, readily 

 visible to the unaided eye. 



Type specimens from a tree grown in the Royal Gardens, 

 Kew, sent to me by the kindness of Sir Wm. Th. Dyer. 



, No. 195. HAZEL. Corylus avellana. Linn. 



Plate XIV. Fig. 124. 



Natural Order. Cupuliferae. 



Alternative Names. Nut-wood : Filbert : Noisetier. Cou- 

 drier noisetier (69). 



Sources of Supply. Europe. 



Physical Characters, etc. Recorded dry-weight 35-45 lbs. 

 per cu. ft. Hardness Grade 7, compare Alder or Birch. Smell 

 none. Taste faintly astringent. Burns well and quietly : 

 embers glow in still air. Solution with water almost colourless. 



Grain. Very fine and close. Surface bright. 



Bark. About tV inch thick with a shiny, brown skin readily 

 peeling off : grey when old : lenticels conspicuous. The rays 

 are continued nearly through the bark which is plainly indented 

 within. 



Uses, etc. Barrel-hoops, ladder-rungs, turnery, charcoal for 

 gunpowder . . . not durable, very elastic. Usually confused 

 with Birch. Of small size. 



Authorities. Nordlinger (87), p. 517. Ditto (86), vol. iii. 



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