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The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties

The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties

by Charles H. Snow

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Author
Snow, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1863-1957
Title
The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties First Edition
Credits
E-text prepared by Charlene Taylor, Adrian Mastronardi, RichardW, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries ( archive.org/details/americana)
Language
English
LoC Class
SD: Agriculture: Forestry
Subject
Wood
Category
Text
eBook-No.
45032
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45032
Release Date
March 12, 2014
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE PRINCIPAL SPECIES OF WOOD: THEIR CHARACTERISTIC PROPERTIES.
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
  4. 4.LIST OF PLATES.
  5. 5.BIBLIOGRAPHY.
  6. 6.INTRODUCTION.
  7. 7.EXOGENOUS TREES. ( Dicotyledons .) — — BROADLEAF WOODS. — OAK. ( Quercus .) — ASH. ( Fraxinus .) — ELM. ( Ulmus .) — MAPLE. ( Acer .) — WALNUT. ( Juglans .) — HICKORY. ( Hicoria or Carya .) — CHESTNUT, CHINQUAPIN. ( Castanea .) — BEECH. ( Fagus .) IRONWOOD. ( Carpinus, Ostrya, etc .) — SYCAMORE. ( Platanus .) — BIRCH. ( Betula .) — LOCUST, MESQUITE. ( Robinia, Gleditsia, Prosopis .) — WHITEWOOD OR TULIP-TREE WOOD ( Liriodendron .), POPLAR OR COTTONWOOD ( Populus .), CUCUMBER-TREE WOOD ( Magnolia .), BASSWOOD ( Tilia .). — WILLOW. ( Salix .) — CATALPA. ( Catalpa .) — SASSAFRAS. ( Sassafras .) MULBERRY. ( Morus .) — BUCKEYE. HORSE CHESTNUT. ( Æsculus .) — GUM. ( Liquidambar, Nyssa .) — HOLLY ( Ilex .). BOXWOOD ( Buxus, Cornus, etc .). LIGNUM VITÆ ( Guajacum .). — LAUREL. ( Magnolia, Rhododendron, Arbutus, etc .) — PERSIMMON ( Diospyros .). OSAGE ORANGE ( Maclura .). CHERRY ( Prunus .). — TEAK ( Tectona .). GREENHEART ( Nectandra .). — MAHOGANY. ( Swietenia, Khaya, Soymida, Cedrela, etc. ) — EUCALYPTUS. ( Eucalyptus .) — NEEDLELEAF WOODS. — PINE. ( Pinus .) — KAURI PINE. ( Dammara .) — SPRUCE. ( Picea .) — DOUGLAS SPRUCE. ( Pseudotsuga .) — FIR. ( Abies .) — HEMLOCK. ( Tsuga .) — LARCH. TAMARACK. ( Larix .) — CEDAR. ( Cedrus, Thuya, Chamæcyparis, Libocedrus, Juniperus .) — CYPRESS. ( Cupressus and Taxodium .) — REDWOOD. ( Sequoia .)
  8. 8.ENDOGENOUS TREES. ( Monocotyledons .) — — PALM. PALMACEÆ. — YUCCA. ( Yucca .) — BAMBOO. ( Bambusæ .)
  9. 9.INDEX.

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