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Section 1. Wood. Definitions. "Structure." Weights. Coefficients. Uses. Botanical and Common Nomenclatures. General Information, etc. | 1 |
Section 2. Definitions. Cellular Structure. Annual Rings. Medullary or Pith Rays. Pith Cavities. Sapwood and Heartwood. Cross, Radial and Tangential Distinctions. "Quarter Sawn" Surfaces, Common and Botanical Subdivisions, etc. | 7 |
Section 3. Distribution. Distinguishing Characteristics. General Information, etc. | 10 |
Section 4. Distribution. Historical. Structural and Physical Properties of Wood. Commercial Divisions. Botanical Characteristics of Trees, etc. | 11 |
a. White Oak (Quercus alba) | 13 |
b. Cow Oak (Quercus michauxii) | 14 |
c. Chestnut Oak (Quercus prinus) | 15 |
d. Post Oak (Quercus minor) | 16 |
e. Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa) | 17 |
f. White Oak (Quercus garryana) | 18 |
g. Red Oak (Quercus rubra) | 19 |
h. Pin Oak (Quercus palustris) | 20 |
i. Spanish Oak (Quercus digitata) | 21 |
j. Black Oak (Quercus velutina) | 22 |
k. Live Oak (Quercus virens) | 23 |
l. California Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia) | 24 |
m. Live Oak (Quercus chrysolepis) | 25 |
n. English Oak (Quercus robur var. pedunculata) | 26 |
Section 5. Distribution. Historical. General Properties. Commercial Divisions. Botanical Characteristics of Trees, etc. | 27 |
a. White Ash (Fraxinus americana) | 29 |
b. Red Ash (Fraxinus pubescens) | 30 |
c. Blue Ash (Fraxinus quadrangulata) | 31 |
d. Black Ash (Fraxinus nigra) | 32 |
e. Green Ash (Fraxinus viridis) | 33 |
f. Oregon Ash (Fraxinus oregona) | 34 |
Section 6. Distribution. Structural and Physical Properties of Wood. Uses. Landscape Value of Trees, etc. | 35 |
a. White Elm (Ulmus americana) | 36 |
b. Cork Elm (Ulmus racemosa) | 37 |
c. Slippery Elm, Red Elm (Ulmus pubescens) | 38 |
d. Wing Elm (Ulmus alata) | 39 |
Section 7. Distribution. Structural and Physical Properties of Wood. Uses. Maple Sugar. Botanical Characteristics of Trees, etc. | 40 |
a. Sugar Maple, Hard Maple (Acer saccharum) | 42 |
b. Silver Maple, Soft Maple (Acer saccharinum) | 43 |
c. Red Maple, Swamp Maple (Acer r
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e. Georgia, Hard, Yellow or Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris) | 138 |
f. Cuban Pine (Pinus heterophylla) | 139 |
g. Shortleaf Pine, Yellow Pine (Pinus echinata) | 140 |
h. Loblolly Pine (Pinus tÆda) | 141 |
i. Bull Pine, Yellow Pine, Western Pine (Pinus ponderosa) | 142 |
j. Norway Pine, Red Pine (Pinus resinosa) | 143 |
k. Pitch Pine (Pinus rigida) | 144 |
l. Northern Pine, Scotch Pine, Dantzic Pine (Pinus sylvestris) | 145 |
Section 29. Descriptive. Structural and Physical Characteristics. "Kauri Gum," etc. | 146 |
a. Kauri Pine (Dammara australis) | 147 |
Section 30. Localities. Structural and Physical Peculiarities. Commercial Divisions. Botanical Characteristics | 148 |
a. Black Spruce (Picea nigra) | 150 |
b. Red Spruce (Picea rubens) | 150 |
c. White Spruce (Picea alba) | 151 |
d. White Spruce (Picea engelmanni) | 152 |
e. Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis) | 153 |
Section 31. Great Size of Trees. Localities. Structural and Physical Peculiarities of Wood. Botanical Characteristics | 154 |
a. Douglas or Red Spruce or Fir (Pseudotsuga taxifolia) | 155 |
Section 32. Sources of Supply. Structural and Physical Characteristics. Confusion of Names. Botanical Characteristics | 156 |
a. Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea) | 157 |
b. Great Silver Fir (Abies grandis) | 158 |
c. White Fir (Abies concolor) | 159 |
d. Red Fir (Abies magnifica) | 160 |
e. Red Fir. Noble Fir (Abies nobilis) | 161 |
Section 33. Distribution. Structural and Physical Peculiarities of Wood. Botanical Characteristics | 162 |
a. Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) | 163 |
b. Western Hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) | 163 |
Section 34. Historical. Sources. Structural and Physical Peculiarities. Botanical Characteristics | 164 |
a. Larch, Tamarack (Larix americana) | 165 |
b. Larch, Tamarack (Larix occidentalis) | 166 |
Section 35. Confusion of Names. Historical. Structural and Physical Peculiarities of Wood. Uses. Commercial Divisions, etc. | 167 |
a. Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana) | 169 |
b. Juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) | 170 |
c. White Cedar, Arb
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