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PART I.
INTRODUCTION.
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Section 1. Wood. Definitions. "Structure." Weights. Coefficients. Uses. Botanical and Common Nomenclatures. General Information, etc. 1
PART II.
EXOGENOUS SERIES.
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
BROADLEAF OR HARDWOODS.
Section 3. Distribution. Distinguishing Characteristics. General Information, etc. 10
Oak (Quercus).
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
Ash (Fraxinus).
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
Elm (Ulmus).
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
Maple (Acer).
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 32-h-8.htm.html#White_Pine_monticola" class="pginternal">White Pine (Pinus monticola) 137
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
Kauri Pine (Dammara).
Section 29. Descriptive. Structural and Physical Characteristics. "Kauri Gum," etc. 146
a. Kauri Pine (Dammara australis) 147
Spruce (Picea).
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
Douglas Spruce (Pseudotsuga).
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
Fir (Abies).
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
Hemlock (Tsuga).
Section 33. Distribution. Structural and Physical Peculiarities of Wood. Botanical Characteristics 162
a. Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) 163
b. Western Hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) 163
Larch; Tamarack (Larix).
Section 34. Historical. Sources. Structural and Physical Peculiarities. Botanical Characteristics 164
a. Larch, Tamarack (Larix americana) 165
b. Larch, Tamarack (Larix occidentalis) 166
Cedar (Cedrus, Thuya, ChamÆcyparis, Libocedrus, Juniperus).
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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