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The Book of Woodcraft
weight and perhaps goes beyond it in strength and hardness.
Leaves 3 to 5 inches long. Fruit if to 2J inches long. Dak.
to Nova Scotia and south to Gulf.
Bluk Beech, Water or American Hornbeam {Carpinus
caroliniana)
A small tree, 10 to 25, rarely 40, feet high; bark,
smooth. Wood hard, close-grained, very strong; much like
Ironwood, but lighter. A cubic foot weighs 45 lbs. Leaves
3 to 4 inches long. U. S. east of Missouri River.
White Oak {Quercus alba)
A grand forest tree; over 100 feet up to 150 feet high.
The finest and most valuable of our oaks. The one perfect
timber for shipbuilders, farmers and house furnishers. Its
wood is pale, strong, tough, fine-grained, durable and heavy.
A cubic foot weighs 46 lbs. I found that when green it
weighed 68 lbs. to the cubic foot and of course sank in
water like a stone. Called white from pale color of bark
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