. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. us swamp-loving trees. Its wood, of which a cubic foot when abso-lutely dry weighs lbs., is one of the greatresources of the southern states being highlyvalued for raihyay ties, posts, shingles, lumberfor general construction purposes, etc. Itsgreat durability, immunity from the attacks ofparasites and non-liability to great shrinkingor warping make it one of our most valuablewoods for all wood-work exposed to theweather, for tank construction, cooperage, value for the latter
. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. us swamp-loving trees. Its wood, of which a cubic foot when abso-lutely dry weighs lbs., is one of the greatresources of the southern states being highlyvalued for raihyay ties, posts, shingles, lumberfor general construction purposes, etc. Itsgreat durability, immunity from the attacks ofparasites and non-liability to great shrinkingor warping make it one of our most valuablewoods for all wood-work exposed to theweather, for tank construction, cooperage, value for the latter use is enhanced by itscomparative freedom from coloring or flavor-ing Leaves %-% in- Ions;, thin, apiculatcd, ratherlight yellow green, deciduous and forming a fiatspray of which the branchlets are deciduous :shorter scale-like leaves on flowering : staminate in panicles in. long; flower-buds nearly % in. long, purple at maturity. Conessubglobose, about 1 in. in diameter, usually fewtogether at the end cf the 1. A. W., V, 110. 2. For genus see p.
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