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Table 1. — Summary of kinds of wood used in Pennsylvania, year ending June, 



1912— Continued. 



Kind of Wood. 



Quantity Used. 





:tory. 















































u 



<v 



d 











Q, 

















Common Name. 



Botanical Name. 



a 





o 









eet b. 



er cent. 



verage 

 factory 



8 



"3 



o 







fa 







H 



Tamarack, 

 Balsam fir, 

 Boxwood, . 



Aspen (popple) , 

 Willow (black), 



Sitka spruce, ... 



Rosewood, 



Eucalyptus, 



Lignum-vitae, . . . 

 Mountain laurel, 



Sumach. .. 

 Olive wood, 

 Satinwood, 

 Sassafras, . 



Weichsel roots. 



Sarbo, . . 

 Doncella, 



Total, 



Larix laricina, , 



Abies balsamea 



Tabehuia pentaphylla and Buxus 

 sempervirens 



Populus tremuloides 



balix nigra, 



Picea sitcJiensis .. 

 Dalbergia species, . 

 Eucalyptus species, 

 Gunjanum officinale, 

 Kalmia latifolia, .. 



Rhus Jiirta (R. typhina), 



Olea europea 



Clilnroxylon swietenia 



Sassafras sassafras (8 varii- 

 folium). 



Prunus mahaleb, 



Byrsonima spicata. 



40,300 

 40,000 



32,416 

 30,000 

 25,000 



15,000 

 C,185 

 5,000 

 2,050 

 1,000 



50O 

 480 

 120 

 50 



30 



30 

 10 



1,114,219,650 



100.00 



28 81 



1,161 



45 50 



1,820 



298 90 



9,689 



15 00 



450 



13 00 



325 



35 40 



531 



462 89 



2,863 



260 00 



1,300 

 360 



175 61 



40 00 



40 



80 00 



40 



81 25 



39 



200 00 



24 



25 00 



1 



540 00 



16 



20O OO 



6 



100 00 



1 



$29 15 



$32,483,227 



Reeds 24,000 lbs. 



Rattan, 2,000 lbs. 



*LesR than 1-100 of 1 per cent. 



Under the heading "Kind of Wood" the above table shows two separate 

 lists of names. In the first column appear the names of the several woods as 

 they are known to the trade, called common names. The scientific names 

 which the botanists use to distinguish species are shown in the second column. 

 In this and ^similar State reports, it has been the purpose of the Forest 

 Service to call woods by their proper name with a view of standardizing 

 nomenclature. Common names vary considerably according to locality but 

 botanists as a rule are in agreement as to the scientific names. There are 

 exceptions to this and among those shown in the above table are hickory, 

 beech, locust, and sassafras. It will be noted that two botanical names are 

 given for these woods. The first set is used by the Forest Service as given In 

 the publication issued by the Federal Government entitled "The Check List of 

 the Forest Trees of the United States." The second set is from the seventh 

 edition of Gray's Botany which is used as a standard by the Pennsylvania 

 Department of Forestry. 



Thirteen of the species shown in the above table are foreign woods, the 

 most prominent being Spanish cedar, and mahogany, followed by ebony and 

 teak. Those accustomed to purchasing foreign woods in the form of logs, 

 flitches, or lumber may regard the average cost of these woods as excessive. 

 This is because a part of the supply of these woods is purchased in the form of 

 thin veneer which, iri order to be included in the tables of this report, was 

 reduced to feet board measure with no allowance for waste or the cost of 

 production. 



