Vill CONTENTS 
PART II. WOOD 
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Chapter V. Lumbering and Milling . . . ....... Ol 
The forest ; felling trees and floating logs to the mill. The form- 
ing and breaking up of log jams. The log boom and modern saw- 
mills. Timber and lumber defined. Annual rings; medullary rays ; 
formation of grain. Characteristics and defectsin wood. Warping 
and shrinkage. 
Chapter VI. Broad-Leaved Trees: the Oaks . . . . . . . 65 
White oak. Post oak. Mossy-cup oak. Black and black-jack 
oak. Redoak. Scarlet and pin oaks. Chestnut oak. Live oak. 
Chapter VII. Broad-Leaved Trees: the Maples . . . . . . 76 
Sugar and Norway maples. Silver and red maples. Sycamore 
maple. Moosewood. Maple keys. Ash-leaved maple. Japan maples. 
Chapter VIII. Broad-Leaved Trees having Compound Leaves . 85 
Horse-chestnut. Buckeye. The hickories. Black walnut and but- 
ternut. Locust. Honey locust. Ash. 
Chapter IX. Broad-Leaved Trees having Simple Leaves . . . 94 
Elm. The birches. Beech. Ironwood. Buttonball. Sweet guin. 
Tulip. Basswood. Willow. The poplars. Sassafras. Mulberry. 
Chapter X. The Evergreens. . . . . ....... . 121 
White pine. Georgia pine. Yellow pine. Hemlock. Spruce. 
Cypress. Balsam fir. The cedars. 
Chapter XI. The Big Trees of California. . . . . . . . 128 
