. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. the Pacific, ranging north-ward to the Arctic Circle. With the northernIndians its bark, impervious to water, is anindispensable material for the manufacture oftheir canoes and for many articles for domesticuse. The wood, of which a cubic foot when abso-lutely dry weighs lbs., is used in themanufacture of wooden-ware, wood-pulp, etc.,and is excellent for Leaves ovate, 2-4 in. long, acute or acuminateat apex, rounded or obtuse (cordate in var. cordi-folia Fern.) and entire at b
. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. the Pacific, ranging north-ward to the Arctic Circle. With the northernIndians its bark, impervious to water, is anindispensable material for the manufacture oftheir canoes and for many articles for domesticuse. The wood, of which a cubic foot when abso-lutely dry weighs lbs., is used in themanufacture of wooden-ware, wood-pulp, etc.,and is excellent for Leaves ovate, 2-4 in. long, acute or acuminateat apex, rounded or obtuse (cordate in var. cordi-folia Fern.) and entire at base, doubly or ir-regularly serrate, tlaick and firm at maturity,glabrous dark green al)ove, paler and pubescent onthe and with black glands beneath. Floircrs:staminate aments %-l/i in. lona; in winter, in. long: pistillate aments 1-1V2 in. long,slender, with light green scales and red : strobiles cylindrical, about 1V2 in. long,drooping, glabrous, middle lolie of scales longerthan broad ; nutlet much narrower than its wings. 1. Syn. B. papyracea Alt. 2. A. II, 4;^..
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