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Woodcraft seasons to ripen. Leaves 4 to 8 inches long. Minnesota, south to Texas and Florida. I3! Nova Scoti? to White Oak (Quercus a/ha) A grand forest tree, over xoo up to x5 o feet high. Wood pale, strong, tough, frae-grained, durable and heavy, valuable timber. Called white from pale color of bark and wood. Leaves 5 to 9 inches long. Acorns ripen in one season. Maine to Minnesota, Florida and Texas. White Elm or Swamp Elm ( Ulmus Americana) tall, splendid forest tree, commonly xoo, occasionally feet high. Wood reddish-brown, hard, strong, tough, Chestnut Red oak Wh/te oak very hard to split, coarse, heavy. Soon rots near the ground. Leaves 2 to 5 inches long. Flowers in early spring before leal- ing. Abundant, Newfoundland and Manitoba to Texas. Sycamore, Plane Tree, Buttonball or Buttonwood (Platanus ocddent?is) One of the largest of our trees; up to x4o feet high; commonly hollow. Little use for weather work. Famou?d ?[