. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. 194 Illinois Xatikai. Histoky Sirvky Billetix It funiisht'd. when sawed, '^,31T feet of lumber for egg crates. .V fine stand is now in existence on the Coffee Creek bottoms near Mt. Carmel, in which the trees vary from 'i2 to -li inches in diameter and average about 11") feet in height. On the bottomlands, the Sweet Gum is commonly associated with Sycamore, Cottonwood, Honey Locust, the bottomland oaks. Pecan, Hack- berry, and Soft Maple. Uses: The heavy and close-grained wood of the Sweet (jum, though hard, is not very strong; but because of
. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. 194 Illinois Xatikai. Histoky Sirvky Billetix It funiisht'd. when sawed, '^,31T feet of lumber for egg crates. .V fine stand is now in existence on the Coffee Creek bottoms near Mt. Carmel, in which the trees vary from 'i2 to -li inches in diameter and average about 11") feet in height. On the bottomlands, the Sweet Gum is commonly associated with Sycamore, Cottonwood, Honey Locust, the bottomland oaks. Pecan, Hack- berry, and Soft Maple. Uses: The heavy and close-grained wood of the Sweet (jum, though hard, is not very strong; but because of its fine texture and the alternating streaks of red and black, which give highly figured patterns, it is used often for interior finishing, especially in the panels of doors and walls. To some extent, it is used in the manufacture of furniture, as a sul)sti- tute for walnut or mahogany, being, indeed. ex])orted to England under the trade name "satin ; A "sweet gum" derived from the tree is similar, in its properties and com])osition. to the storax taken from Licjitidaiiibar oricntalis in Asia Minor, a substance yieldin;^ both cinnamic acid and cinnamic alcohol. These products enter into the manufacture ji tobaccos, pharmaceutical substan- ces, adhesives, and perfumes. Andre Michaux. in relating his travels be- tween K!)o and lTi)6, says that "a Frenchman who traded among the Cheroquois savages cured himself of the itch by drinking for ten days a de- coction of chi})s of that tree which he called copalm and which is the tree Li(|; In 1925, the Illinois cut of Sweet Gum yielded two and a half million board feet of lumber, and in addition a large amount went into the manu- facture of basket and crate veneers. In the Cypress swamps. Sweet Gum is third among the trees in importance and constitutes between 10 and 11 per cent of the stand; among the hardwoods of the main streams, it con- stitutes between 4 and 5 per cent of the stand; but
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