. Elementary woodworking. Woodwork; Trees. 108 ELEMENTARY WOODWORKING The Lombardy is the spirelike tree which seems to reach toward the clouds, and its tall, narrow form is familiar in many sections of our country, although the tree was originally imported from Europe. Cottonwood and balm of Gilead are two well-known members of this family. Cottonwood is best known in the West, where it often constitutes the chief and only growth along the wa- ter courses, and balm of Gilead is known as one of our common city shade trees. This latter tree, of- ten called the balsam, is really an important tre
. Elementary woodworking. Woodwork; Trees. 108 ELEMENTARY WOODWORKING The Lombardy is the spirelike tree which seems to reach toward the clouds, and its tall, narrow form is familiar in many sections of our country, although the tree was originally imported from Europe. Cottonwood and balm of Gilead are two well-known members of this family. Cottonwood is best known in the West, where it often constitutes the chief and only growth along the wa- ter courses, and balm of Gilead is known as one of our common city shade trees. This latter tree, of- ten called the balsam, is really an important tree of the great northwestern country, being found plen- tifully in the Klondike, and often forming in that far northern country great forests thousands of square miles in extent. It is used as a shade tree because it stands the smoke and gas of the city where many other trees pine away and die. 57. Sassafras. We find many freaks in the tree world, and nature seems to have tried to see how odd. Fig. 118. Cotton, wood, or CarO' Una Poplar. 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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