. The book of woodcraft . Osage Orange, Bois darc, Bodarc or Bow-Wood{Toxylon pomiferum) A small tree, rarely 60 feet high. Originally from themiddle Mississippi Valley, now widely introduced as a hedgetree. Famous for supplying the best bows in Americaeast of the Rockies. Wood is bright orange; very hard,elastic, enduring and heavy. Leaves 3 to 6 inches cubic foot weighs 48 lbs. 434 The Book of Woodcraft. Osage Orange Tulip Tree, White-Wood, Canoe Wood or YellowPoplar {Liriodendron Tulipifera) One of the noblest forest trees, ordinarily loo feet, andsometimes 150 feet high. Noted for i
. The book of woodcraft . Osage Orange, Bois darc, Bodarc or Bow-Wood{Toxylon pomiferum) A small tree, rarely 60 feet high. Originally from themiddle Mississippi Valley, now widely introduced as a hedgetree. Famous for supplying the best bows in Americaeast of the Rockies. Wood is bright orange; very hard,elastic, enduring and heavy. Leaves 3 to 6 inches cubic foot weighs 48 lbs. 434 The Book of Woodcraft. Osage Orange Tulip Tree, White-Wood, Canoe Wood or YellowPoplar {Liriodendron Tulipifera) One of the noblest forest trees, ordinarily loo feet, andsometimes 150 feet high. Noted for its splendid cleanstraight column; readily known by leaf, 3 to 6 inches long,and its tulip-like flower. Wood soft, straight-grained,brittle, yellow, and very light; much used where a broadsheet easily worked is needed but will not stand exposureto the weather; is poor fuel; a dry cubic foot weighs 26 to Atlantic, L. Ontario to Gulf. Sassafras, Ague Tree {Sassafras sassafras) Usually a small tree of dry sandy soil, but reaching 125feet high in favorable regions. Its wood is dullorange, soft, weak, coarse, brittle, and light. A cubicfoot weighs 31 lbs. Very durable next the 4 to 7 inches long. Maine to Iowa and Texas toAtlantic. Forestry 435
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