. English trees and tree-planting [microform]. Trees; Arbres. 132 ENGLISH TREES AND TREE-PLANTING. definitely to either earth, air, or water; the preserva- tion of some of the best paintings by the ItaUP. masters, it is said, being attributable to the panels of larch on which they were designed, and many houses in Venice, which have been mainly constructed of larch, show no symptoms of decay, there being single beams, m some of the public buildings and palaces ot Vemce, that measure 120 feet long. It is as agricultural timber in the form of posts, or railings when inserted
. English trees and tree-planting [microform]. Trees; Arbres. 132 ENGLISH TREES AND TREE-PLANTING. definitely to either earth, air, or water; the preserva- tion of some of the best paintings by the ItaUP. masters, it is said, being attributable to the panels of larch on which they were designed, and many houses in Venice, which have been mainly constructed of larch, show no symptoms of decay, there being single beams, m some of the public buildings and palaces ot Vemce, that measure 120 feet long. It is as agricultural timber in the form of posts, or railings when inserted into the ground, or for railway sleepers and similar uses It IS also well adapted, as before said, for certain build- ing uses, as rafters, lintels, joists, and main timber, though, on account of its propensity to warp, and the' greater difficulty in working it, it is not usually em- ployed for flooring boards, or similar lighter pur- poses, but has been found of great service in ship- building. ^ The bark has been occasionally used for tanning • but as it IS twice the bulk of that of the oak, in pro- portion to its weight, it is seldom profitably manufac- tured, generally selling at half the price of oak-bark The larch produces Venice turpentine, taking its name from the fact of having been first exported from thence, the method of procuring the turpentine being to pierce a full-grown tree with an augur to its centre, the turpentine exuding through the puncture, and conducted by a tube into a trough, where it is received in such pure condition as to need no other preparation to cause it to be suitable for commercial. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Ablett, William H. London : Smith, Elder
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