. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany. Botany; Botany, Economic. Fig. 244.—American Elm (Ulinus americana. Elm Family, Ulmacea). Leafy branch, 3. Flower-cluster. Fruit-cluster. Single fruit. (Brit- ton and Brown.)—Tree growing 36 m. tall; bark gray, flaky; leaves slightly rough; flowers greenish; fruit yellowish brown. Native home, Eastern North America. Fig. 245.—White Ash (Fraxinns americana, Olive Family, Oleacea). Leaf, about 3. Fruit-cluster. Fruit. (Britton and Brown.)—Tree growing 40 m. tall; bark gray, furrowed; leaves dark green above; flowers bronze-green; fruit buff. Na
. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany. Botany; Botany, Economic. Fig. 244.—American Elm (Ulinus americana. Elm Family, Ulmacea). Leafy branch, 3. Flower-cluster. Fruit-cluster. Single fruit. (Brit- ton and Brown.)—Tree growing 36 m. tall; bark gray, flaky; leaves slightly rough; flowers greenish; fruit yellowish brown. Native home, Eastern North America. Fig. 245.—White Ash (Fraxinns americana, Olive Family, Oleacea). Leaf, about 3. Fruit-cluster. Fruit. (Britton and Brown.)—Tree growing 40 m. tall; bark gray, furrowed; leaves dark green above; flowers bronze-green; fruit buff. Native home, Eastern North 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 the beams of vessels) and in this form is largely exported. Ash (Figs. 237, 245) has a wide range of uses because it is at once hard, strong, stiff, tough, straight-grained, easily split, often beautifully figured, and susceptible of a good polish. It ranks among the most valued woods for interior finish, furniture, parts of implements, machines, , carriages, wagons, cars, and ships; and for staves, hoops, oars, tool-handles, clothes-pins, and various 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 Sargent, Frederick Leroy, 1863-. New York, H. Holt and Company
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