. American forest trees, by Henry H. Gibson;. Trees; Timber. 670 American Forest Trees Lanceleaf Cottonwood (Populus acuminata) is a small tree with limited range, growing in the arid region along the eastern base of the Rocky Mountains, southward from the Black Hills. It is found also north of the Canadian border. It is usually fifteen or eighteen inches in diameter, and thirty or forty feet high. Trunks seldom go to saw- mills, but some local use is made of the wood. Trees are occasionally planted for shade in towns of western Nebraska and Wyoming. Fremont Cottonwood (Populus fremontii), cal
. American forest trees, by Henry H. Gibson;. Trees; Timber. 670 American Forest Trees Lanceleaf Cottonwood (Populus acuminata) is a small tree with limited range, growing in the arid region along the eastern base of the Rocky Mountains, southward from the Black Hills. It is found also north of the Canadian border. It is usually fifteen or eighteen inches in diameter, and thirty or forty feet high. Trunks seldom go to saw- mills, but some local use is made of the wood. Trees are occasionally planted for shade in towns of western Nebraska and Wyoming. Fremont Cottonwood (Populus fremontii), called white cotton- wood in New Mexico, but elsewhere simply cottonwood, grows from western Texas to California, and as far north as Utah and Colorado. It sometimes attains a diameter of five or six feet and a height of 100. The Indians in New Mexico formerly made rude, clumsy ox carts of this wood, without a scrap of iron or other metal in the vehicles. One of the carts is preserved in the National Museum, Washington, D. C. The wood is tough and light, but it is dull white, with no attractive figure. Even the annual rings are hardly distinguishable. Logs are occasionally sawed into lumber, and fanners in western Texas make wagon beds of 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 Gibson, Henry H. , 1855-; Maxwell, Hu, 1860-1927. Chicago : Hardwood record
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