Principal species of wood; their characteristic properties
Charles Henry Snow
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(RareBooksClub.com, May 20, 2012)
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 Excerpt: ...to the fact that the tree tolerates quantities of water. The Sour Gum (Nyssa ogcche) grows on wet lands along the Atlantic coast from South Carolina to Northern and Western Florida. Trees attain heights of thirty to fifty feet. The soft, compact, weak, brownish heartwood is hardly distinguishable from the brownish sapwood. The tree is also known as Ogeechee Lime, Wild Limetree, Limetree, Tupelo, Sour Tupelo and Gopher Plum. Box Tree (Buxus sempervirenSy Dogwood Foliage (Cornus Jtoridd). Holly Foliage (Ilex opaai). Dogwood Bark (CornusJlorija). Lignunivitx-Foliage ((7. sanclum). Dogwixxl Wood. Lignumvitoe Wood. HOLLY. BOXWOOD. LIGNUMVIT.E. (Ilex.) (Buxus, Cornus, etc.) (Guajacum.) The woods afforded by these trees are all demanded in small and very perfect pieces to fill needs for which no others appear to be perfectly fitted. The holly (Ilex) grows in Europe and America, where the brilliant evergreen foliage and red berries have long been associated with the Christmas season. The name holly is probably a subversion of' Holy.' The true boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) attains to some size in Europe and Asia, but remains a small shrub in America, where it is seldom if ever cut for wood, but is placed as a decoration along the borders of walks and gardens. The wood called ' boxwood ' in America is not therefore derived from the "box." The Lignumvita;s grow in Florida, the West Indies, and on the northern coast of South America. Holly-wood is noted for its fine, even grain, but chiefly for its smooth, ivory-white color, fitting it for the white of inlaid work, for carvings and other decorations where white color and fine qualities are required. The principal European source is the Ilex aquifolium, while in America it is the Ilex opaca. Inlaid work require...