. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky Mountains, photo-descriptive . Trees. Handbook of Trees of the K" States and Canada. 221 The "Red B^iv ranges from 50 ft., or less, to 7(' ft. in height, with stout erect branches and forming a symmetrical top. Its trunk is rarely more than 3 or 3Vj ft. in diameter, and is vested in a sray-l)ro\vn scaly ridged bark. It inliahits rich moist soil along the borders of streams and swamps or occasionallj' drier sandy soil, associating with the Live, Water and Laurel Oaks, the Yaupon. Devil-wood, Laurel Ch
. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky Mountains, photo-descriptive . Trees. Handbook of Trees of the K" States and Canada. 221 The "Red B^iv ranges from 50 ft., or less, to 7(' ft. in height, with stout erect branches and forming a symmetrical top. Its trunk is rarely more than 3 or 3Vj ft. in diameter, and is vested in a sray-l)ro\vn scaly ridged bark. It inliahits rich moist soil along the borders of streams and swamps or occasionallj' drier sandy soil, associating with the Live, Water and Laurel Oaks, the Yaupon. Devil-wood, Laurel Cherry, Cuban Pine, etc. Though rarely seen in cultivation tlie TJed Bay is well wortliy of being planted for orna- mental purposes, as it is one of the most beau- tiful evergreen trees of the American forests, with its briglit green leaves and red-stemmed clusters of blue berries. A cubic foot of the absolutely dry wood weighs lbs. It is of medium hardness and strength and of a reddish brown color with thin sap-wood, anl is used in the manufacture of lumber for interior finishing, furniture, and formerly tor boat Lrarcs ol)Ion?-lanceolate, about equally pointed at both ends, with entire revolnte margins, pilose at first but at maturity lustrous hris'ht green above, paler and glaucous beneath, thiclt and firm, veins rather obscure and arcuate near the margin : petioles and new growths puhenilous or nearly glabrous. Floiccrs with glabrous peduncles mostly from 1.^-1 in. long: calyx pab^ yellow. Fruit lustrous dark blue, about V> in. or less in diameter with thin flesh and red stems. 1. Persea Carolinensis 2. A. W., XI, 264. 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 Hough, Romeyn Beck, 1857-1924. Lowville, N. Y. : Romeyn Beck Hough
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