. American forest trees, by Henry H. Gibson;. Trees; Timber. 550 American Forest Trees deserts of southern Arizona and the adjacent parts of California, and is usually a small shrub. Jamaica Dogwood (Ichthyomethia piscipula) is the lone represen- tative of the genus, and is found in this country only in southern Florida. It is not in the same family wit'', -he dogwoods, and its name is mislead- ing. The Carib Indians formerly used the leaves to stupify fish and render them easier to catch; hence the botanical name. The leaves are compound, but bear little resemblance to the foliage of most mem
. American forest trees, by Henry H. Gibson;. Trees; Timber. 550 American Forest Trees deserts of southern Arizona and the adjacent parts of California, and is usually a small shrub. Jamaica Dogwood (Ichthyomethia piscipula) is the lone represen- tative of the genus, and is found in this country only in southern Florida. It is not in the same family wit'', -he dogwoods, and its name is mislead- ing. The Carib Indians formerly used the leaves to stupify fish and render them easier to catch; hence the botanical name. The leaves are compound, but bear little resemblance to the foliage of most members of the pea family to which this tree belongs. The flowers are the tree's chief source of beauty, and are delicately clustered, hanging in bunches a foot long. The fruit is a pod three or four inches long, with four wings running the full length. The wings are useless for flying. Trees are forty or fifty feet high and two or three feet in diameter; are common in southern Florida and on the islands. The wood is of considerable im- portance in the region where it grows but figures little in general markets. It weighs pounds per cubic foot, and is moderately strong and stiff. In color it is a clear yellow-brown, with thick, lighter colored sapwood. It is very durable in contact with the ground, and in Florida it is used for posts, and occasionally for railway ties. It has been commonly reported as a wood for boatbuilding in Florida, but its importance for that purpose has probably been overstated, since an investigation of the boatbuilding industry in Florida failed to find one foot of this wood in use, although some may be employed but not listed in 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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