. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. YELLOW-WOOD. GOPHER-WOOD. VIRGILIA. Cladmstis lutea (Michx.) Fig. 338- Branchlet with leaves and fruit, i ; pod with side removed,of dehiscence, 3 ; isolated seeds, 4 ; branchlet in winter, 5. 339. Trunk in cultivation in northern New York. 340. Wood structure magnified 15 diameters. others showing method Handbook of Trees of the Northern States and Canada. 293 The Yellow-wood is one of the rarest as?well as one of the most beautiful trees of theAmerican forests. It attains the heig
. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. YELLOW-WOOD. GOPHER-WOOD. VIRGILIA. Cladmstis lutea (Michx.) Fig. 338- Branchlet with leaves and fruit, i ; pod with side removed,of dehiscence, 3 ; isolated seeds, 4 ; branchlet in winter, 5. 339. Trunk in cultivation in northern New York. 340. Wood structure magnified 15 diameters. others showing method Handbook of Trees of the Northern States and Canada. 293 The Yellow-wood is one of the rarest as?well as one of the most beautiful trees of theAmerican forests. It attains the height offrom 50 to (iO ft. with trunk from 1 to 2 or 3ft. in diameter, vested in a thin smooth gray-ish beech-like bark, showing in delicate streaksthe lighter inner bark as the outer becomesfissured in growth. Its short trunk usuallydivides within a few feet from the ground intofew large branches, which ramify and form agraceful broad or rounded top, when unob-structed by surrounding trees. It grows natu-rally in rich well-drained soil, and mainly onlime-stone ridges along the banks of thestreams which carry the waters from the west-ern slopes of the Alleghany mounta
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