299 



Specific Gravity of Indiana Woods. 



The specific gravity was derived from wood dried at 100° centi- 

 grade (212 Fall.) until it ceased to lose weight. 



Carya ovata (Shelll^ark Hickory) . 8372 



Quercus stellata (Post Oak) . 8367 



Vihurnum prunifolium (Black Haw) 0.8332 



Qiiercus lyrata (Overcup Oak) . 8313 



Ostrya virginiana (Ironwood) . 8264 



Carya alba (White Hickory) 0.8218 



Carya glabra (Black Hickory) . 8217 



Cornus florida (Flowering Dogwood) 0.8153 



Carya laciDiosa (Big Shellbark Hickory) 0.8108 



Quercus Michauxii (Cow Oak) . 8039 



Diospyros virginiana (Per.simmon) 0.7908 



Amelanehier canadensis (Juneberry) . 7838 



Madura pomifera (Osage Orange) 0.7736 



Quercus bicolor (Swamp White Oak) . 7662 



Carya cordiformis (Pig Hickory) . 7552 



Quercus imbricaria (Shingle Oak) . 7529 



Quercus Prinus (Chestnut Oak) . 7499 



Ulmus alata (Cork Elm) 0.7491 



Quercus alba (White Oak) 0.7470 



Quercus macrocarpa (Bur Oak) . 7453 



Quercus coccinea (Scarlet Oak) . 7405 



Gleditsia aquatica (Water Honey Locust) . 7342 



Robinia Pseudo-Acacia (Black Locust) 0.7333 



Quercus marilandica (Black .Jack Oak) . 7324 



Celtis occidentalis (Hackberry) . 7287 



Carpinus caroliniana (Water Beech) . 7286 



Ulmus Thomasi (Hickory Elm) 0. 7263 



Prunus americana (Wild Plum) . 7215 



Praxinus quadrangulata (Blue Ash) . 7184 



Carya illinoensis (Pecan) 0, 7180 



Malus glaucescens (Crab Apple) 0.7048 



Quercus velutina (Block Oak) 0.7045 



Ulmus fulva (Slippery Elm) . 6956 



Quercus palustris (Pin Oak) . 6938 



Gymnocladus dioica (Coffeenut) . 6934 



Quercus falcata (Spanish Oak) 0.6928 



Acer nigrum (Black Maple) . 6915 



Acer saccharum (Sugar Maple) 0. 6912 



Fagus grandifolia (Beech) . 6883 



Gleditsia triacanthos (Honey Locust) . 6740 



Betula lutea (Yellow Birch)'. 0.6553 



Fraxinus americana (White Ash) . 6543 



Quercus rubra (Red Oak) . 6540 



^.4dapted from Sargent's "Trees of North America.' 



