. Elementary woodworking. Woodwork; Trees. TREES HAVING SIMPLE LEAVES 103 the mass of tuHp-sliaped flowers it bears in the spring. They are large and brilliant, yellowish-green in color, with dashes of red, and develop a narrow, light-brown cone, whicli remains on the tree all winter. The tree thrives best south of the Ohio valley, where it is frequently found from five to seven feet in diame- ter. The Indians formerly made their dugout canoes from its trunk, and in some sections it is still called ccmoe iDoocl. 55. Basswood, or Linden. A very valuable group of trees for botli shade and timber
. Elementary woodworking. Woodwork; Trees. TREES HAVING SIMPLE LEAVES 103 the mass of tuHp-sliaped flowers it bears in the spring. They are large and brilliant, yellowish-green in color, with dashes of red, and develop a narrow, light-brown cone, whicli remains on the tree all winter. The tree thrives best south of the Ohio valley, where it is frequently found from five to seven feet in diame- ter. The Indians formerly made their dugout canoes from its trunk, and in some sections it is still called ccmoe iDoocl. 55. Basswood, or Linden. A very valuable group of trees for botli shade and timber are the basswoods, or lindens. There are several varieties, the European linden thriving here as readily as our native varieties. These trees may always be distinguished by fig. ii3. TuUp, or whitewood the leaves, which are heartshaped and lopsided, one side from the middle line being always larger than the other, as if two leaves of different sizes had been joined along the center. This is a very common feature among certain classes of trees, such as the elms. Another remarkable feature is the seed, or bract, shown in the sketch (Fig. 115).. 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 Foster, Edwin W. Boston, New York [etc. ] Ginn & company
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