. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. 162 Illinois Natirai. History Sirvky Billktin Uses: 'I'hc very tough and close-grained wood of the Rock Elm, light red-brown in the heart, is hard as well as strong and heavy. In its technical qualities, it is the finest of the elm woods, and it has in addition the special (|uality of resisting shocks and jars. As a consecjuence. it is used largely in agricultural implements, wheel hubs, building sills, and the framework of chairs. It is a tine wood for hockey sticks, which are subject to severe strains and twists, and it is made into plant-presses
. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. 162 Illinois Natirai. History Sirvky Billktin Uses: 'I'hc very tough and close-grained wood of the Rock Elm, light red-brown in the heart, is hard as well as strong and heavy. In its technical qualities, it is the finest of the elm woods, and it has in addition the special (|uality of resisting shocks and jars. As a consecjuence. it is used largely in agricultural implements, wheel hubs, building sills, and the framework of chairs. It is a tine wood for hockey sticks, which are subject to severe strains and twists, and it is made into plant-presses for botanists. \\'hen it can be seasoned without warping, it is" one of the best woods for javelins. ULMUS ALATA Miciiaux Wahoo Winged Elm The Wahoo is usually a small to moderate tree, with a narrow, round- topped head of stout, straight branches. The somewhat sickle-shaped, coarsely double-toothed leaves, 1^ to 3^4 inches long, are dark-green and smooth on the upper surface but pale and soft-hairy beneath. The stout, hairy joetioles are about j/? inch long. The flowers are in few-flowered fascicles : and the fruit, which is cov- ered with long, white hairs, is about '/3 inch long, its base narrowed into a slender stalk and its tip capped by the two long, incurved wing-points. The smooth, reddish-brown twigs, which are marked by a few orange lenticels, become, during their tirst or second season, supplied with 2 op- ]:)Ositely placed, thin, corky wings. The pointed lateral buds, about }i inch long, are dark chestnut-brown. The red-tinted, brown bark, which in- closes a trunk about 2 feet in diameter,, is divided by shallow fissures into flat ridges. The tree usually attains a height of 40 or 50 feet. Disfrihiifioii: Fro m Virginia westward to Missouri and southwarc to Florida and Texas, the Wahoo is^ to be found on gravelly uplands and, occasionallv alonsr the borders ofl. Fig. 62. Wahoo on the Gentry Creek bottoms of Richland County. Phofo hy Robert Please not
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