Foster, Edwin W · Boston : Ginn and Company · leaf 109
elief for generations thatthe beech is proof against lightning, and recent experi-ments prove that beech wood offers considerably greaterresistance to the electric current than oak, poplar, orwillow ; so our ancestors were partly right. The woodis hard, strong, and tough, and will take a high… … Fig. 110. Iron wood, or Hop Hornbeam Fig. 109. Leaf of Amer-ican Beech the hop hornbeam,or iron wood. The leaves ofthese two varietiesare quite similar, that of the ironwood being somewhatthe larger. The name hop hornheam is derived from the fruit,which resembles the hop, and the name ironwood…
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