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The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties: First Edition — John Shaqi

The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties: First EditionSnow, Charles H. (Charles Henry)

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The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties: First Edition

Name: The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties: First Edition
Author: Snow, Charles H. (Charles Henry)

Snow, Charles H. (Charles Henry)

Wood

_f._ Port Orford Cedar, Lawson Cypress (Chamaecyparis
  lawsoniana)                                                      174

  _g._ Yellow Cedar, Yellow Cypress, Sitka Cypress
  (Chamæcyparis nootkatensis)                                      175

  _h._ Incense Cedar (Libocedrus decurrens)                        176

  CYPRESS (Cupressus, Taxodium).

  Section 36. Confusion of Names. Sources. Historical.
  Structural and Physical Peculiarities. Commercial Divisions.
  Fungus Disease                                                   177

  _a._ Cypress, Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum)                  179

  REDWOOD (Sequoia).

  Section 37. Locality. Peculiarities of Trees. Structural and
  Physical Qualities of Wood. Uses. Mammoth Trees                  180

  _a._ Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)                              182

  _b._ Giant Redwood (Sequoia washingtoniana)                      182

  PART III.

  _ENDOGENOUS SERIES._

  Section 38. Definitions. Cellular Structure. Structural and
  Physical Peculiarities of Endogenous Wood. Uses. General
  Information                                                      183

  PALM (PALMACEÆ).

  Section 39. Localities. Structural and Physical Peculiarities
  of Wood. Uses. Botanical. Characteristics                        185

  _a._ Cabbage Palmetto (Sabal palmetto)                           186

  _b._ Washington Palm (Washingtonia filifera)                     187

  YUCCA (Yucca).

  Section 40. Localities. Structural and Physical Peculiarities
  of Wood. Uses, etc.                                              188

  _a._ Joshua Tree, Yucca (Yucca arborescens)                      189

  BAMBOO (Bambusæ).

  Section 41. Botanical Characteristics. Structural and
  Physical Peculiarities of Wood. Growth. Uses in the Orient.
  Possibilities in America, etc.                                   190

  _a._ Bamboo (Bambusæ vulgaris)                                   192

 LIST OF PLATES.

 Frontispiece. Live Oak (Quercus virginiana).

 Plate 2. EXOGENOUS STRUCTURE IN WOOD--Yearly Rings or Layers.

 Plate 3. EXOGENOUS STRUCTURE IN WOOD--Medullary or Pith Ray.

 Plate 4. EXOGENOUS STRUCTURE IN WOOD--Cross-sections Enlarged.

 Plate 5. Oak (Quercus alba).

 Plate 6. Ash (Fraxinus americana).

 Plate 7. Elm (Ulmus americana).

 Plate 8. Maple (Acer saccharum).

 Plate 9. Walnut (Juglans).

 Plate 10. Hickory (Hicoria ovata).

 Plate 11. Chestnut (Castanea dentata).

 Plate 12. Beech (Fagus).

 Plate 13. Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis).

 Plate 14. Birch (Betula).

 Plate 15. Locust (Robinia, Gleditsia).

 Plate 16. Whitewood (Liriodendron tulipifera).

 Plate 17. Black Willow (Salix nigra).

 Plate 18. Catalpa (Catalpa).

 Plate 19. Sassafras (Sassafras officinale).

 Plate 20. Horse Chestnut (Æsculus hippocastanum).

 Plate 21. Sweet Gum (Liquidambar styraciflua).

 Plate 22. Holly, Boxwood, Lignumvitæ (Ilex), (Buxus, Cornus),
 (Guajacum).

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