CHAPTER XLV. 
TIMBER TREES. 
List of the most Valuable Timber Trees in the United States, and their 
Suitable Climate.—Coniferous Trees. —Number of Seeds to the 
Pound of Each Species. 
Tux following is a list of the most valuable timber 
trees in the United States, viz. : 
1. White Oak. 11. Pignut Hickory. 
2, Bur Oak. 12. Linden, or Basswood. 
3. Sugar Maple. 13. Tulip-tree. 
4, White Ash. 14, European Larch. 
5. Blue Ash. 15. Norway Spruce. 
6. Red Ash. 16. White Pine. 
7 Black Walnut. 17. Scotch Pine. 
8. Butternut. 18. Red Pine. 
9. Chestnut. 19. Corsican Pine. 
10. Shellbark Hickory. 20. Catalpa. 
Of this list, Nos. 5, 6, 18, 19, and 20 are best suited to 
the climate of the southern half of the territory for 
which this work is designed. Nos. 7 and 9 would prob- 
ably not succeed in the most northern half of the United 
States, while Nos. 4, 12, 16,17, and 18 would be of doubt- 
ful value near the southern limit. I am indebted to Mr. 
Bryant’s extremely useful work on trees for the foregoing 
list, which I think will be invaluable to tree-growers, and 
I would also like to thank Mr. Douglass for the follow- 
ing list, or rather table, of the number of seeds in a 
pound of each of the following twenty species of conif- 
erous trees: 
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