FISHERIES, GAME AND FORESTS. 



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consists of a complete collection of specimens of all the commercial woods native 

 to the State of New York. It includes seventy-nine different species and 180 

 pieces of wood. Each specimen is twelve inches long, five inches wide, and 

 three-quarters of an inch thick. 



There are two samples of each species. One shows the rough surface as it 

 comes from the saw, while the opposite side has a smooth surface showing the 

 appearance of the wood as worked in a planing machine or under a carpenter's 

 hand plane. The second piece is finished in oil on one side ; and, on the other 

 side, in varnish, with a fine polish or " piano finish." A few species are repre- 

 sented by more than two pieces, in order to better show some of the beautiful 

 peculiarities of the wood, such as curly and bird's eye maple, and, also, to show 

 its appearance when quarter sawed or otherwise. The specimens are arranged 

 in rows on six upright frames, with three rows and thirty pieces on each frame. 

 The collection embraces the following species : 



Cucumber Tree, 



Tulip Tree or Yellow Poplar 



Basswood, 



Ailanthus, 



Horse Chestnut, 



Hard, Rock, or Sugar Maple, 



Red or Swamp Maple, 



White or Water Maple, • 



American Holly, 



Staghorn Sumach, 



Coffee Tree, 



Locust, 



Wild Red Cherry, 



Black Cherry, 



Apple, 



American Crab Apple, 



Sweet Gum, 



Flowering Dogwood, 



Tupelo or Sour Gum, 



Persimmon, 



Black Ash, 



White Ash, 



Green Ash, 



Wang. 



Magnolia acuminata. 

 Liriodendron tulipifera. 

 Tilia Americana. 

 Ailanthus glandulosus. 

 Aesculus hippocastannm. 

 Acer saccharinum 

 Acer rnbrum. 

 Acer dasycarpnm. 

 Ilex opaca. 

 Rhus typhina. 

 Gymnocladus dioicus. 

 Robinia pseudacacia. 

 Prunus Pennsylvanica. 

 Prunus serotina. 

 Pyrus mains. 

 Pyrus coronaria. 

 Liqtiidambar Styraciflua. 

 Comus florida. 

 Nyssa sylvatica. 

 Diospyros Virginia na. 

 Fraxinus sambucifolia. 

 Fraxinus Americana. 

 Fraxinus viridis. 



