. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany . America. Yellow locust (Fig. 182) closely resembles elm in its phys-ical properties and is much used for many of the same pur-poses. It makes the best treenails (for fastening together thebeams of vessels) and in this form is largely exported. Ash (Figs. 237, ) has a wide range of uses because it isat once hard, strong, stiff, tough, straight-grained, easilysplit, often beautifully figured, and susceptible of a goodpolish. It ranks among the most valued woods for interiorfinish, furniture, parts of implements, machines, harness,carriages
. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany . America. Yellow locust (Fig. 182) closely resembles elm in its phys-ical properties and is much used for many of the same pur-poses. It makes the best treenails (for fastening together thebeams of vessels) and in this form is largely exported. Ash (Figs. 237, ) has a wide range of uses because it isat once hard, strong, stiff, tough, straight-grained, easilysplit, often beautifully figured, and susceptible of a goodpolish. It ranks among the most valued woods for interiorfinish, furniture, parts of implements, machines, harness,carriages, wagons, cars, and ships; and for staves, hoops,oars, tool-handles, clothes-pins, and various toys. 260 INDUSTRIAL PLANTS Sassafras (Fig. 160) thougli neither hard, strong, nor es-pecially pleasing, is exceptionally durable and comparativelylight. Hence it is valued in cooperage, for skiffs, and forfencing. Chests made of the wood are said to be somewhatproof against insects on account of the peculiar odor whichis supposed to be repellent to
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