. Essentials of botany. Botany; Botany. TIMBER; FORESTRY 345 the red kinds but has not so coarse a grain, so that for cabinel^making the red oaks are more ornamental and often in " quartered " cut lumber (sawed tangentially) are very- showy. More than half of our supply of hard-wood timber is furnished by the oaks. Tulip-wood, from the tulip-tree (Liri- odendron), is next in importance to the various kinds of oak, among the woods of broad-leaved trees. It is va- riously known as j^ellow poplar and white wood and grows in abundance in the Ohio Basin and southward, but does not, like o
. Essentials of botany. Botany; Botany. TIMBER; FORESTRY 345 the red kinds but has not so coarse a grain, so that for cabinel^making the red oaks are more ornamental and often in " quartered " cut lumber (sawed tangentially) are very- showy. More than half of our supply of hard-wood timber is furnished by the oaks. Tulip-wood, from the tulip-tree (Liri- odendron), is next in importance to the various kinds of oak, among the woods of broad-leaved trees. It is va- riously known as j^ellow poplar and white wood and grows in abundance in the Ohio Basin and southward, but does not, like oak, form separate for- ests. The wood is very soft and work- able and has largely taken the place of white pine for the inside finish of houses and in the manufacture of woodenware. Ash, beech, birch, chestnut, elm, maple, red gum, and sycamore are some of the most important hard woods for general purposes besides those already mentioned. For especial purposes cer- tain woods not of the greatest value for all-round construction are highly prized, as hickory for ax and other tool handles and for carriage spokes; beech for shoemakers' lasts, saw handles, and carpenters' planes; persimmon for wood turning and shoe lasts; black locust for posts and railroad ties (on account of its durability in the ground).. Fig. 233. Cross-Section of Fir Wood. 5,arosinpassage; m,med- uUary rays. (Much magnified.). 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 Bergen, Joseph Y. (Joseph Young), 1851-1917. Boston, Ginn
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