TREES OF INDIANA. 
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Pirns , Strubus —White Pine. 
The southern edge of the Michigan white pines extends 
into the northern border of Indiana, but the trees are gen¬ 
erally of small growth and of little ^alue as timber trees. 
They are used as nurseries for the supply of pines for the 
ornamental grounds of Central and Middle Indiana. 
Platanus Occidentalis —American Plane-tree, Button- 
wood, Sycamore. 
This much calumniated but beautiful and picturesque 
tree abounds on the banks of all the streams in the State. 
The wood is not in great repute, but is still valuable for 
building, packing boxes, tobacco boxes, fencing, and many 
other purposes, and for cabinet work. It is not cleanly, 
but is otherwise a very desirable street and ornamental 
tree. 
Populus Monilifera —Necklace Poplar, Cottonwood. 
This wood is in large supply on the alluvial bottom 
lands of Indiana. It is a very rapid grower, and sometimes 
its shoots grow fifteen to twenty feet in a single season. 
The wood is light, soft, tough but not durable in moist 
situations. It is easily worked and not liable to swell or 
shrink. It is unfit for heavy work and for building timber, 
though frequently used for joists, scantling and upper tim¬ 
bers. It is a favorite with mechanics for trunks, packing 
boxes and small packages. It is the wooliest of woods 
under the saw, and will bend to any required shape and 
retain its position. It swells and shrinks and curls and 
warps badly, but is used in many arts where these defects 
are of little moment. It is a thrifty, fast-growing shade 
tree. 
Prunus- Serotina —Wild Black Cherry. 
The wild black cherry is, in this State, a good sized for¬ 
est tree, with a bitter bark much used in medicine. The 
close-grained reddish wood is less used in cabinet making 
