. The silva of North America [microform] : a description of the tree which grow naturally in North America exclusive of Mexico. Trees; Trees; Monocotyledons; Gymnosperms; Arbres; Arbres; Monocotylédones; Gymnospermes. 58 i<I/.rA OF JS'OIiTIl AM Eli ICA. TAXACEiK. ! IM growing in caleureouH soil on the hhiffH of the riviT aiiJ for ii few miles along itH tributariefl, on the slopes of ravines, wliieh open to the river through the hhiIVs, and on the Ixirilers of its swamps.' Tlie wood of Ttnitio/i trniin is hard and strong, although light and rather brittle, and is elose- grained, with a sati
. The silva of North America [microform] : a description of the tree which grow naturally in North America exclusive of Mexico. Trees; Trees; Monocotyledons; Gymnosperms; Arbres; Arbres; Monocotylédones; Gymnospermes. 58 i<I/.rA OF JS'OIiTIl AM Eli ICA. TAXACEiK. ! IM growing in caleureouH soil on the hhiffH of the riviT aiiJ for ii few miles along itH tributariefl, on the slopes of ravines, wliieh open to the river through the hhiIVs, and on the Ixirilers of its swamps.' Tlie wood of Ttnitio/i trniin is hard and strong, although light and rather brittle, and is elose- grained, with a satiny surface, susceptible of receiving a beautiful polish ; it contains thin ineonspieuous bands of small snmnier-eells and numerous obscure medullary rays. It is clear bright yellow, with thin litrhter colored sapwood. The speciHe gravity of the absolutely dry wood is )14r>, a cubic foot weigiiing )0 '" Exceedingly dnrai)le in c(»utact with the soil, it has been largely used locally ii)\ fence-posts, with the result that most of the large specimens have been destroyed. Tionton ((t>rlf(t!'ntin was foun<l in ISIilJ*' by Mr. H. 15. Crooni * on tlu' bluifs of the Appalacbicola, opposite the t!»wn of Aspalaga. Introduced by its discoverer into nortiiern gardens, it has proved hardy as far north as eastern Massachusetts, although a mild climute is nece^jsiiry to deveh)p all its beauty, and in western * (iray, Scientific Papem, ii. 1S7 (.1 Pihfriiiituff U> Torrrifa).â Clmpiimii, Hut, (r'azttlf, x. '2ol, w'th a luup of tliu L-ountry uccupiud by this tree. ^ Tttmiiin laxi/nlium appenrtt to grow cuiiiimrittivi'ly slowly. The ajieeimen in the Jesup C'ollootiou of North Auii'iii'iiii Woods in the Aniei'icnn Museum of Natural History i» New York fourteen inches in dianieter inside the bark, and dis{days ninety-nine hiyers of annual growth. This true, however, was jirotmhly shaded during the first fifty years of its life, an it grew I
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