. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. Redwood 89 widely spreading, light green, soon becoming dark green, and after the leaves have fallen, brownish red and covered with thin scaly paper-like bark. The buds are about 3 mm. long, and scaly. The leaves are linear, 6 to 20 mm. long, some- what curved, 2-ranked, spreading at wide angles to the twigs by a twist of the base, sharply stiff-pointed, decurrent at the tapering base, somewhat revolute on the margin, dar
. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. Redwood 89 widely spreading, light green, soon becoming dark green, and after the leaves have fallen, brownish red and covered with thin scaly paper-like bark. The buds are about 3 mm. long, and scaly. The leaves are linear, 6 to 20 mm. long, some- what curved, 2-ranked, spreading at wide angles to the twigs by a twist of the base, sharply stiff-pointed, decurrent at the tapering base, somewhat revolute on the margin, dark green and shining above, glaucous, and with a prominent midrib beneath; on young twigs they are often many- ranked and appressed or ascending, somewhat scale-like, often only about 6 mm. long. The stami- nate flowers are ovoid, mm. long, blunt, short- stalked, composed of about 12 stamens, their connectives ovate, blunt or pointed; the pistillate flowers are oblong, about 8 mm. long, consisting of 15 to 25 ovate-orbicular, curved, and pointed scales concealing about 6 ovules. The cones are oblong, to 4 cm. long, reddish brown, their scales open- ^' ^' ing widely when shedding the seed, about 20 in number, obpyramidal, enlarged above into an oblong disk 3 by 8 mm. across, grooved, with no bristle-hke tip; seeds 3 to 5 under each scale, oblong-lanceolate, about mm. long, light brown, the wings about as broad as the body. The wood is soft, brittle, rather weak, close-grained, and hght red; its specific gravity is about It is easy to split and work, takes a fine poUsh, and is largely sawed into lumber for general purposes and used in the eastern United States as well as all over the West, and much exported; also made into shingles, veneering, telegraph poles, railroad ties, tanks, and barrels. The bark is used to stuff furni- ture, and for articles such as pin cushions, and the burl turned into dishes. Although largely lumbered this tree rapidly renews itself by
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