. The book of woodcraft and Indian lore. Natural history; Camping; Outdoor life; Indians of North America. Forestry 343 ^â ^^ V , M AN IT f. Hemlock. {Ts-uga canadensis) Evergreen; 60 to 70 feet high; occasionally 100; wood pale, soft, coarse, splintery, not durable. A cubic foot weighs 26 lbs. Bark full of tannin. Leaves ^ to f inch long; cones about the same. Its knots are so hard that they quickly turn the edge of an axe'or gap it as a stone might; these are probably the hardest vegetable growth in our woods. It is a tree of very slow growth â growing inches while the White Pine is putting
. The book of woodcraft and Indian lore. Natural history; Camping; Outdoor life; Indians of North America. Forestry 343 ^â ^^ V , M AN IT f. Hemlock. {Ts-uga canadensis) Evergreen; 60 to 70 feet high; occasionally 100; wood pale, soft, coarse, splintery, not durable. A cubic foot weighs 26 lbs. Bark full of tannin. Leaves ^ to f inch long; cones about the same. Its knots are so hard that they quickly turn the edge of an axe'or gap it as a stone might; these are probably the hardest vegetable growth in our woods. It is a tree of very slow growth â growing inches while the White Pine is putting forth feet. Its topmost twig usually points easterly. Its inner bark is a powerful astringent. A tea of the twigs and leaves is a famous woodman's sweater. *'As it bears pruning to almost any degree without suffering injury, it is well suited to form screeens for the protection of more tender trees and plants, or for concealing disagreeable objects. " But the most important use to which this bark is applied, and for which it is imported from Maine, is as a substitute for oak bark in the preparation of leather. It contains a great quantity of tannin, combined with a coloring matter which gives a red color to the leather apt to be communicated to articles kept long in contact with ; {Emerson.) There is another species in the South {T. Caroliniana) distinguishable by its much larger 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 Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946. Garden City, N. Y. , Doubleday, Page & Company
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