The Osage Orange And_p1
The Mulberries, The Osage Orange And The Figs - Family Moraceae. Trees Of Small Or Medium Size, With Milky Sap. Leaves Sim Ple, Alternate, Deciduous, Variable. Flowers Minute, In Axillary Spikes Or Heads, Dicecious Or Moncecious. Fruit Compound, Of Many Small Fleshy Drupes. Key To Genera And Species A. Leaves ...
The Osage Orange And_p2
Indians Discovered That Ropes And A Coarse Cloth Could Be Woven Out Of The Bast Fibre Of Mulberry Bark. The Berries Have Some Medicinal Properties, And Are Eagerly Devoured By Hogs And Poultry. The Chief Value Of The Tree Lies In The Durability Of Its Wood, Which Commends It To ...
The Osage Orange And_p3
It Is A Pity That This Stock Mostly Came Direct From Arkansas And Texas. A Cold Winter With Little Snow Killed Miles Of Thrifty Hedge, Just As It Reached The Useful Stage. Sometimes The Roots Sent Up New Shoots, Sometimes They Didn't, And Gaps Of Varying Widths Spoiled The Appearance ...
The Palms And The_p1
The Palms And The Palmettos - Family Palmae. The Palm Family Is A Large Group Of Tropical Flowering Plants, Related To Lilies On One Side And Grasses On The Other. Like Both Of These, Palms Have But One Cotyledon (seed Leaf) In The Embryo, And The Stem Is Composed Of ...
The Palms And The_p2
The Cabbage Palmetto (sabal Palmetto, R. & S.) Is One Of The Characteristic Features Of The Southeastern Coast. It Attains Its Largest Size On The West Coast Of Florida. Its Western Limit On The Gulf Is The Mouth Of The Appalachicola River. It Extends North To The Cape Fear River ...
The Papaw And The
The Papaw And The Pond Apple - Family Anonaceae. The Custard Apple Family Contains Fifty Genera, All Tropical And Mostly Confined To The Old World. The Family Characteristics Are Exemplified By The Two Genera With A Single Species In Each, Which Invade The Warmer Parts Of The United States—vanguard Of ...
The Paradise Tree And
The Paradise Tree And The Ailanthus - Family Simarubaceae. The Quassia, Or Paradise Tree (sintaruba Glauca, Dc.) Is The Nearest American Relative Of The Ailanthus Tree, Which Is No Stranger To Inhabitants Of The Eastern States. It Grows In Lower Florida And In The West Indies—a Low, Round-headed Tree Whose ...
The Persimmons Familyebenaceae_p1
The Persimmons - Family Ebenaceae. Genus Diospyros, Linn. Round-headed Trees, With Zigzag Branchlets And No Terminal Buds; Wood Hard And Close Grained. Leaves Leathery, Entire, Simple, Alternate, Deciduous. Flowers Dicecious, Axillary; Stam Inate In Cymes, Pistillate Solitary Or Paired. Fruit A Large, Juicy Berry, 1 To To-seeded. Key To Species ...
The Persimmons Familyebenaceae_p2
The 'possum Is A Nocturnal Beast, And He Likes Company. It Is Not Unusual For Three Or Four To Be Found By Night Up A Persimmon Tree, Hanging On With Their Bare, Prehensible Tails, Or Bracing Themselves In Crotches Of Limbs, Within Reach Of The Soft Sugar Lumps Of Fruit. ...
The Pines Familyconifera
The Pines - Family Conifera. Genus Pinus, Duham. Leaves Evergreen, Of Two Forms: Primary, Short, Broad Al Base, Scattered; Secondary, Needle-like, In Sheathed Bundles. Flowers Moncecious, Naked; Staminate, Clustered; Pistillate, Lateral Or Subterminal, With Spirally Arranged Scales; Ovules, 2 On Each Scale. Fruit, A Woody Cone, Maturing In 2 Or ...
The Pitch Pines_p1
The Pitch Pines Leaf Bundles In Persistent Sheaths. Cone Scales Thick, Usually Armed. Wood Heavy, Resinous, Coarse Grained, Usually Dark Coloured. Key To Species A. Leaves 5 In A Bundle, Stout, Dark Green. B. Cones 4 To 6 Inches Long; Leaves 9 To 13 Inches Long. (p. Torreyana) Torrey's Pine ...
The Pitch Pines_p10
Peter Kalm Observed .that Cattle, In The Heat Of The Day, Choose The Shade Of This Tree Rather Than Of Any Other, Though Its Foliage Be Much Thicker. He Judges That This Strange Choice Arises " From The Gratefulness Of The Fragrance " Of This Tree. Another Author Comments On ...
The Pitch Pines_p2
The Digger Pine (p. Sabiniana, Dougl.), Growing Only On The Sun-baked Foothills Of Western California, Deserves Mention Here On Account Of Its Peculiar Sparse Foliage, Pale, Bluish Green, And 8 To 12 Inches Long, That In No Wise Conceals The Angular Limbs, And The Great Cones, 6 To Io Inches ...
The Pitch Pines_p3
Longleaf Pine (p. Palustris, Mill.)—a Tall, Slender Trunk, Go To 12o Feet High, With Deep Tap Root And Short, Stout, Twisted Limbs, Which Form An Elongated Open Head. Bark Furrowed, And Crossed By Deep Fissures Into Thin, Scaly Plates; Colour Red Dish Brown, With Blue Tinge. Wood Heavy, Strong, Yellowish ...
The Pitch Pines_p4
The Leaves Of Pinus Palustris Yield By Distillation An Essential Oil Of Balsamic Odour That Closely Resembles Oil Of Turpentine. The Weaving Of Florists' Baskets From The Long, Shining Needles Is Just Beginning, And Is An Industry That Ought Profitably To Employ Women And Children In Neighbourhoods. " Pine Wool" ...
The Pitch Pines_p5
Pitch Pines Are Rich In Resin; The Knots Especially Accummu Late It, And " Pine Knots" And " Candlewood " Are Useful And Familiar Household Words In The Regions Where This Pine Grows. Kindling Wood And Torches For Midnight Coon Hunts Are Never Lacking. The " Pitchie Kinde Of Substance" ...
The Pitch Pines_p6
The Most Extensive Pine Forests In The World Are Those Of The Yellow Pine In The Mountainous West Of Our Own Country. The Hardihood Of This Tree Is The Wonder Of Foresters And Botanists, And The Admiration Of Everybody Who Knows Anything About It. Pines Are Particular Trees, As A ...
The Pitch Pines_p7
The Shortleaf Pine Is Short Leaved Only In Comparison With The Exceedingly Long Needles Of P. Palustris. The Leaves Are About The Length Of Those Of The Austrian Pine, So Familiar In Cul Tivation, And Beside Which The Scotch And White Pines Are Short-leaved Species. Next To The Longleaf In ...
The Pitch Pines_p8
The Red Pine Is The Only American Member Of A Group Of Old World Pines Of Which P. Sylvestris, The Scotch Pine Of Europe, Is A Familiar Example. The Paired Leaves And Red Bark Are Signs Of Kinship. Both Are Common In Cultivation In America, And We Shall Distinguish The ...
The Pitch Pines_p9
The Scrub Pine (p. Contorta, Lond.) Is One Of Four Stunted, Gnarly, Round-shouldered Trees That Are Prostrated By Exposure To The Ocean Winds. They Are The Beach Pines. This One Grows From Northern California Into Alaska In Bogs, And Sand Dunes, Bearing Its Cones When Only A Few Inches High ...
The Plums And The
The Plums And The Cherries - Family Rosaceae. Genus Prunus, B. & H. Trees With Bitter, Astringent Sap, Containing Hydrocyanic Acid. Leaves Simple, Alternate, Generally Serrate. Flowers In Clusters, Perfect, White, With Parts Distinct. Fruit A Fleshy, I-seeded Drupe, With Smooth Skin And Stone. Key To Species A. Flowers Axillary, ...
The Plums_p1
The Plums Wild Red, Or Yellow Plum (prunus Americana, Marsh.)— A Graceful Little Tree, 15 To 20 Feet High, With Thorny Limbs. Bark Thick, Grey. Leaves Oval, Taper Pointed, Sharply Toothed. Flowers In April, Before The Leaves, In Lateral Umbels. Fruit Globose, Red Or Yellow, With Pleasant Taste, But Covered ...
The Plums_p2
Mother's Voice Gives The Final Summons, And The Children Gather At The Wagon, Tired But Regretful For The Filled Husks That They Must Leave Behind On The Hazel Bushes. A Loaded Branch Of The Grapevine Is Cut Off Bodily, And Lifted Into The Wagon. The Team Is Hitched On, And ...
The Pod Bearers Familyleguminosae_p1
The Pod-bearers - Family Leguminosae Trees Of High Ornamental And Timber Value. Leaves Com Pound (except In Cercis), Alternate, Deciduous. Flowers Sweet, Pea-like, Or Regular. Fruit, A Pod. Key To Important Genera And Species A. Foliage Simple; Flowers Rosy, Pea-like. I. Genus Cercis, Linn. B. Leaves Heart Shaped. (c. Canadensis) ...
The Pod Bearers Familyleguminosae_p2
The Early-blooming Trees And Those Of Small Size Will Ever Be Held In Affectionate Regard. Here Is One Of The Most Charming Of Them All—a Dainty, Low-headed Tree Skirting The Woodlands In The North, Often Growing Farther South In Dense Thickets, Under The Taller Trees. It Wakes With The Shad-bush ...
The Pod Bearers Familyleguminosae_p3
The Foliage Mass Of The Honey Locust Is Wonderfully Light And Graceful. New Leaves With A Silvery Sheen Upon Them Are Con Stantly Appearing; Some Once, Some Twice Compound, On The Same Tree. The Colour Of Them Is A Clear, Intense Emerald. The Pods In Midsummer Show Many Shades Of ...
The Pod Bearers Familyleguminosae_p4
The Flowers Of The Coffee Tree Are Greenish Purple And Incon Spicuous, Borne In Erect Racemes Or Loose Panicles On Separate Trees. The Pistillate Trees Are Burdened With Their Clumsy Pods In The Autumn. They Are So Heavy As To Inflict A Painful Bruise If They Strike A Person In ...
The Pod Bearers Familyleguminosae_p5
Unfortunately For Us, The Locust Borer Has Put An End To Raising This Valuable Timber In Any But The Mountainous Parts Of Its Natural Range. Lumbermen Well Know There Is No More Profitable Timber Crop, Except When The Locust Borer Attacks It. The Wood Is Riddled By These, Even To ...
The Poplars Familysalicaceae_p1
The Poplars - Family Salicaceae. Genus Populus Quick-growing Trees With Angled Or Round Twigs, Set With Scaly Buds, Soft, Light Wood, And Bitter Bark. Leaves Deciduous, Simple, Alternate, Usually Broad, On Long Petioles. Flowers Dicecious, Both Kinds In Crowded, Pendulous Catkins; Each Flower Subtended By A Bract With Deeply Cut, ...
The Poplars Familysalicaceae_p2
There Are Better, Longer-lived Trees For The Open Country, But In Cities The Cottonwood Has A Use And A Message Of Cheer For Rich And Poor Who Look Up And Learn To Know The Tree. Unlike The Variety Next Described, The Cottonwood Takes On Dignity With Added Years. The Carolina ...
The Poplars Familysalicaceae_p3
"the Green Wood Moved, And The 'light Poplar Shook Its Silver Pyramid Of Leaves." We Might Easily Adapt These Graceful Lines To Our Quaking Asp, But That The Word "silver" Will Not Apply Accurately. The English Poet, Barry Cornwall, Was Describing The White Poplar With White Leaf Linings. There Is ...
The Poplars Familysalicaceae_p4
The Fragrant Wax That Saturates The Winter Buds And Coats The Young Leaves In Spring Gives This Tree Its Name. The Bees Find It As Soon As The Sap Stirs And The Wax Softens. Quantities Of It Are Collected And Stored In Hives "against A Rainy Day"; For This Is ...
The Prickly Ash And
The Prickly Ash And The Hop Tree - Family Rutaceae. The Rue Family Is Best Known Through The Genus Citrus, Which Includes Oranges And Lemons. It Is A Large Botanical Group Of Trees And Shrubs, All Of Which Have Bitter Aromatic Sap, And An Oil Distributed In Glandular Dots All ...
The Pruning Of Trees
The Pruning Of Trees. Pruning Is The Cutting Out Of Parts Of A Tree For The Improve Ment Of The Parts That Remain. Cleaning Might Better Designate The Removal Of Dead Wood. Trimming Is The Shaping Of The Out Line, As The Shearing Of Hedges And Individuals Of Box And ...
The Service Berries Familyrosaceae
The Service-berries - Family Rosaceae. Genus Amelanchier, Med. Slender, Pretty Trees Often Cultivated. Leaves Simple, Alternate, Deciduous, Flowers White, Numerous, In Racemes. Fruits Small Berry-like, With 4 To Io-celled Core. Key To Species A. Leaves Ovate, Finely Saw-toothed; Fruit Flattened, Red To Purple. B. Fruit To Inch Across; Leaves Sharp ...
The Silver Bell Tree_p1
The Silver Bell Tree And The Sweet Leaf - Family Styraceae. There Are Seven Genera In The Storax Family, And Few Species, Scattered Over The Warmer Sections Of The North Temperate Zone. Benzoin And Storax, Valuable Balsams Of Commerce, Are Obtained From Two Species, One In The Molucca Islands, The ...
The Silver Bell Tree_p2
2. Genus Symplocos, L'her. Trees With Pithy Branchlets, Forming Open, Round Head. Leaves Half Evergreen, Simple, Alternate, Entire, Oval. Flowers Small, Perfect, White, Bell Shaped In Axillary Clusters. Fruit A Brown Berry. (s. Tinctoria) Sweet Leaf Symplocos Is A Large Genus Of Trees That Grow Wild In Aus Tralia And ...
The Silver Bell Tree_p3
White Ash (fraxinus Americana, Linn.)—a Tall, Stately Tree, 75 To 125 Feet High, With Straight, Columnar Trunk Reaching 6 Feet In Diameter, And High Pyramidal Or Round Head Of Erect, Stout Branches. Bark Closely Furrowed Into Many Deep, Diamond Shaped Ridges And Hollows, Dark Brown Or Grey, Thick. Wood Reddish ...
The Silver Bell Tree_p4
The Black Ash Is Not A Tree For The Lawn. It Loves To Stand With Its Roots Submerged, And Often Dies Of Thirst In The Rich Loam Of A Garden. It Is A Short-lived Tree, At Best, And Very Slow Of Growth; It Keeps Its Foliage But A Short Time, ...
The Silver Bell Tree_p5
Green Ash (fraxinus Lanceolata, Borkh.)—a Handsome, Round-headed Tree, 5o To 6o Feet High, With Slender Spreading Branches And Grey Twigs. Bark Grey, Furrowed, Branches Smooth. Wood Heavy, Hard, Strong, Brown, Coarse Grained, Brittle. Buds Rusty Brown, Very Small, Blunt. Leaves Smooth, 5 To 9 Leaflets On Short Stalks; Ovate Or ...
The Silver Bell Tree_p6
This Tree Has The Ash Habit Of Unfolding Its Leaves Late In The Spring, And "making Up For It," As Oliver Goldsmith Would Say, By Losing Them Early In The Fall. From The Standpoint Of The Landscape Gardener, This Is A Double Fault. But The Cleanly Habit Of The Tree, ...
The Soft Pines_p1
The Soft Pines Leaf Bundles In Loose, Deciduous Sheaths. Cone Scales Usually Unarmed. Wood Soft, Light Coloured, Close Grained. Key To Species A. Leaves 5 In A Bundle. B. Cones Long Stemmed; Scales Thin; Leaves 3 To 4 Inches Long. C. Leaves Slender, Flexible; Cones 5 To 8 Inches Long. ...
The Soft Pines_p2
This White Pine Of Ours Is Built On A Semi-decimal Plan, Which It Is Quite Worth Our While To Notice. In The Gracefully Winged Seed, That Reminds Us Of The Samara Of A Maple, There Are Ten Cotyledons, Or Seed Leaves, That Mount The Stem, And Sur Round The Precious ...
The Soft Pines_p3
The Mountain White Pine Is The Western Counterpart Of P. Strobus, Which It Resembles In General Appearance And In The Qualities Of Its Wood. Its Foliage Is Denser And Its Cones Nearly Twice As Large As Those Of Our Eastern White Pine, With A Beak On Each Scale That The ...
The Soft Pines_p4
Up The Mountain Side, Where These Trees Grow To Greatest Size, The Shingle Maker Climbs And Pitches His Tent In Spring. He Fells The Biggest Tree He Can Find, Never Caring Whose It Is, Saws Out A Few Blocks Of Shingle Length (often Only One), Above The Stump, And Splits ...
The Soft Pines_p5
P. Aristata, Engelm., The Other Species, Has The Same Brush Of-a-fox Leaf Distribution, And It Is Distinguished By The Long, Slender Prickles Which Arm The Scales Of Its Cones, Giving The Tree Its Common Name, " Prickle-cone Pine." The Tree Is Bushy, With Whorls Of Short Branches, Regular At First, ...
The Sycamores Familyplatanaceae_p1
The Sycamores - Family Platanaceae. Genus Platanus, Linn. Large, Ornamental, Deciduous Trees With Smooth Limbs From Which Whitish Bark Peels In Irregular Flakes. Leaves Simple, Alternate, Palmately Lobed. Flowers Moncecious In Pendant Heads. Fruits Swinging, Many-seeded Balls, Hanging All Winter. Key To Species A. Fruits Solitary, Rarely 2; Leaves With ...
The Sycamores Familyplatanaceae_p2
Have You Ever Looked Out Of A Car Window At The Sycamores And White Birches That Streak The Dull Winter Woods With Light? It Is A Strange Sight, Calculated To Stir The Dullest Imagination. The Birches Stand Together, And Keep Each Other In Countenance. They Do Not Seem To Mind ...
The Sycamores Familyplatanaceae_p3
The Oriental Plane Tree (p. Orienlalis, Linn.) Is The Species Best Known In Europe, And Is Coming To Be Very Popular In This Country. It Is A Shapelier Tree Than Our Own, More Compact In Habit, With Larger Leaves, And Three Or Four Seed Balls Are Strung On Each Long ...
The Torreyas Familytaxaceae
The Torreyas - Family Taxaceae. Genus Tumion, Raf. Ornamentalevergreens, With Spreading, Usually Whorled Branches And Ill-smelling Sap. Leaves 2-ranked, Linear, With Paler Linings. Flowers Dicecious (rarely Moncecious), Scaly At Base. Fruit Like A Plum; Seed Large, Solitary. Wood Hard, Durable, Strong, Close Grained. Key To Species A. Leaves Linear; Branches ...
The Tree Families
The Tree Families. It Is Quite Possible For A Person Who Has Never Had Any Par Ticular Interest In Trees To Acquire By Himself A General Knowledge Of The Tree Families Represented In Our American Forests, And To Form An Intimate And Delightful Acquaintance With Particular Species And Individual Trees, ...
The Tupelos And The_p1
The Tupelos And The Dogwoods - Family Cornaceae. The Cornel Family Is A Large Temperate Zone Group Comprising Fifteen Genera, A Few Of Which Are Tropical. Comparatively Few Species Are Arborescent. Two Genera In The United States Have Species Of Tree Habit. They Both Include Ornamental Trees With Showy Flowers ...
The Tupelos And The_p2
With Advancing Years The Tupelo Loses The Symmetry Of Its Youth. The Lower Branches Droop Dejectedly. The Top Is Likely To Die. When The Wreck Blows Over It Often Shows A Hollow Butt, For The Wood, Though Tough, Is Soft And Quick To Decay. Where The Vitality Of The Tree ...
The Uses Of Wood
The Uses Of Wood. "it Is Certain And Demonstrable That All Arts And Artisans Whatsoever Must Fail And Cease, If There Were No Timber And Wood In A Nation (for He That Shall Take His Pen, And Begin To Set Down What Art, Mystery, Or Trade Belonging Any Way To ...
The Walnuts_p1
The Walnuts The Walnuts (genus Juglans) Form A Noble Family Of Ten Species, In Which There Are No "black Sheep"—and This Is Remark Able In Any Family. Each Species Yields Valuable Wood, And Sweet, Edible Nuts. Each One Deserves Planting As An Ornamental And Shade Tree. Our American Forests Show ...
The Walnuts_p2
The Wood Of Butternut Is Not So Hard Nor So Strong As Black Walnut, But For The Interior Finish Of Houses It Has A Distinct Ad Vantage. Black Walnut Is Sombre Compared With The Cheerful Browns And Fawn Colours Which This Wood Shows. The "natural Wood Finish" Brings Out These ...
The Walnuts_p3
The Growth Of The Black Walnut Is Rapid And Sure From The Seed. Nuts Gathered In The Autumn Should Be Stratified In Gravel Over Winter, And Planted Next Spring. The Way To Restore What We Have Lost Is To Plant Walnuts Wherever There Is A Place Suitable For Such A ...
The Willows Familysalicaceie_p1
The Willows - Family Salicaceie. Genus Salix. Chiefly Quick-growing, Water-loving Trees And Shrubs, With Slender, Supple Twigs, And Buds With A Single Protective Cap Or Scale Of Two Coats. Wood Light, Soft. Leaves Simple, Alternate, Narrow And Pointed, Deciduous. Flowers Dicecious, In Loose Catkins, Each Flower Subtended By A Bract ...
The Willows Familysalicaceie_p2
Black Willow (salix Nigra, Marsh.)—medium-sized Tree, 5o To Too Feet High, But Usually Smaller. Twigs Slender, Brittle At Base. Bark Dark Brown, Flaky, Deeply Furrowed, Often Shaggy. Wood Light Reddish Brown, Weak, Soft, Fine Grained. Buds Small, Acute, Red-brown. Leaves Narrowly Lanceolate, Acuminate At Apex, Finely And Evenly Serrate, Green ...
The Willows Familysalicaceie_p3
The Shining Willow (s. Lucida, Muehl.) Is An Inhabitant Of The North. From Newfoundland It Ranges Westward To Hudson Bay And The Rockies, And Southward Only As Far As Pennsylvania And Nebraska. A Small, Round-headed Tree, Its Distinction Is The Lustre Of Its Ruddy Twigs And The Beautiful Sheen Of ...
The Witch Hazel And_p1
The Witch Hazel And The Sweet Gum - Family Hamamelidaceae. Trees With Slender Twigs And Fibrous Roots. Leaves Simple, Opposite, Deciduous. Flowers With Parts In Four's, Perfect Or Unisexual. Fruits Woody 2-valved, 1, To 2-seeded Capsules. Key To Genera And Species A. Leaves Obovate, Unequal At Base; Flowers Perfect, Autumnal. ...
The Witch Hazel And_p2
Ah! Here Is Another Surprise The Witch Hazel Has To Offer. These Buttons, So Precious To The Tree, Contain The Seeds Developed From The Flowers That Bloomed Last Year. It Has Taken A Full Year To Ripen Them. Each Pod Has Two Cells, With A Shiny Black Seed Prisoner In ...
The Witch Hazel And_p3
(aqua Hanzanzelis) Extract Of Witch Hazel Hamamelis Roots And Twigs . . . To Lbs. Water . ... . 20 Pts. Alcohol-6 Per Cent. . T Pts. Place Hamamelis In A Still, Add The Water And Alcohol, And Allow The Mixture To Macerate Twenty-four Hours. Distil Ten (to) Pints By ...
The Witch Hazel And_p4
Farther Down, The Branches Have Warty Bark, Broken Into Rough, Horny Plates. This Gives The Tree Its Name, "alligator Wood." Then The Grey Of The Big Branches Gives Way To The Red Brown Of The Trunk; The Shallow Fissures And Scaly Ridges Give A Finer Texture To This Oldest Bark ...
The Woodlot That Pays_p1
The Woodlot That Pays. One Might Think The Farmer's Woodlot Unworthy Of Mention In A Grave Conference Over The Forest Problems Which Now Con Front The American People. Yet A Recent Census Report Gives 63o,000,000 Acres Of Land In Farms In The United States. Of This, 200,000,000 Acres Is Wooded, ...
The Woodlot That Pays_p2
In Exchange For The Making And Supervising Of These Woodlot Plans The Department Obtains A Body Of Facts Of Inestimable Value. The Various Sections Of The Country Are Represented By Typical Woodlot Problems. These Results Will Be Published In Bulletins. Failures Will Teach No Less Than Successes. The Response To ...
The Work Of The_p1
The Work Of The Leaves. The Swift Unfolding Of The Leaves In Spring Is Always A Miracle. One Day The Budded Twigs Are Still Wrapped In The Deep Sleep Of Winter. A Trace Of Green Appears About The Edges Of The Bud Scales—they Loosen And Fall, And The Tender Green ...
The Work Of The_p2
In The Lower Half Of The Leaf's Thickness, Between The Palisade Cells And The Under Surface, The Tissue Is Spongy. There Is No Crowding Of Cells Here. They Are Irregularly Spherical, And Cohere Loosely, Being Separated By Ample Air Spaces, Which Communicate With The Outside World By The Doorways Mentioned ...
The Yews Familytaxaceae
The Yews - Family Taxaceae. Genus Taxus, Linn. Evergreentrees And Shrubs, With Spreading, Horizontal Branches, And Purple, Scaly Bark. Leaves Linear, Spiny, A-ranked, Pale Beneath. Flowers Minute, Dicecious, In Axillary Heads. Fruit Berry-like, Fleshy, Sweet, Scarlet. Key To Species A. Foliage Yellow-green, Short. (t. Brevifolia) Pacific Yew Aa. Foliage Dark ...
The Yuccas Familyliliaceae
The Yuccas - Family Liliaceae. The Traveller Who Is A Close Observer Of Trees Will Be Astonished To Find The Lily Family Well Represented In Our Southern Silva. Now, A Lily Is Formed By The Rule Of Three, As Shown In The Flower And In The Seed Pod. It Has ...
Three European Poplars In
Three European Poplars In Cultivation In America A. Leaves Bright Green, Lined With White Down, Irregularly Lobed And Toothed. (populus Alba) Abele Or Silver-leaved Poplar Aa. Leaves Dark Green On Both Sides, Smooth, Broad As Long, Finely And Regularly Toothed; Apex Tapering. B. Shape Broadly Pyramidal. (populus Nigra) Black Poplar ...
Three Little Maples_p1
Three Little Maples There Are A Few Members Of The Great Maple Family Which Do Not Share The Lofty Aspirations Of The Majority, They Arc To Be Sought In Thick Forests Of Mixed Hardwoods, And They Do Much To Make Our Walks Through Such A Wood Delightful. With The Viburnums ...
Three Little Maples_p2
There Are Two Things Remarkable About The Box Elder: Its Geographical Range, Natural And Acquired, And The Variation Of Altitudes It Will Endure With Cheerfulness. Out Of A Certain Number Of Nursery Trees You May Plant A Row Rising Gradually From Low Bottom Land To An Altitude Of 6,000 Feet ...
Transplanting Trees From The
Transplanting Trees From The Woods. Perhaps It Is A Primitive Instinct, Though It Is A Defensible And Lovable One, That Impels The Home-maker To Straighten His Back After Digging An Ample Hole In The Ground And Betake Him To The Woods To Get A Tree To Set Out In It. ...
White Pine Plantations_p1
White-pine Plantations "between The Years 1820 And 1880 Was A Period Of Enthu Siastic White-pine Planting In New England. Men Were Then Able To Foresee The Time When The Marketable Native White Pine Would Be Gone, And The Rise In Prices Would Make The Planted Timber Of Economic Importance. . ...
White Pine Plantations_p2
Another Lot On The Same Farm Has A Stand Of White Pine On It About Sixty Years Old That Experts Estimate Will Cut 200,000 Feet Of Lumber. The Average Log Measures Over Sixty Feet. In The Massachusetts Town Of Tyngsborough Is A Plot Of Fifty-three Acres That Was A Rye ...
Wood Preservation_p1
Wood Preservation. The Tendency Of Wood To Rot When Exposed To The Weather, And Especially When Placed In Contact With The Soil, And When Partially Submerged In Water, Fresh Or Salt, Is Something Every Body Knows. Season A Stick Of Timber, Then Build It Into Your House Where It Never ...
Wood Preservation_p2
Creosote Oil Has The Following Good Points: (1) It Fills The Cells With Oil, Thus Keeping Water Out. (2) It Does Not Leach Or Lose Strength In Water Or Soil. (3) It Is A Fungicide, And Is Also Poisonous To Boring Insects And Crustaceans, Like The White Ants, The Ship ...
Wood Preservation_p3
The Various Processes To Which Wood Is Treated Under This Head Accomplish One Or More Of These Results: (i) They Preserve It; (2) They Make It Easy To Keep Clean; (3) They Beautify It, By Bringing Out The Grain Or By Covering It With A Uniform Colour. Paint Has Long ...
Wood Preservation_p4
Polishing. Every Fine Piece Of Furniture Or Of Woodwork Is Polished To Bring Out The Beauty Of Its Grain And Colouring. The Marvellous Lustre Of .piano Cases And Rich Furniture Is Due As Much To The Faithful Rubbing With An Old Rag As To Any Other Trick 54' Of The ...
Wooden Paper
Wooden Paper. Once Upon A Time Paper Grew On Trees, And Within The Past Quarter Of A Century The World Has Turned Again To The Forests As The Source Of Its Supply. Thin Sheets Of The Inner Bark Of Birch In America And Europe, And Of The Paper Mulberry In ...