Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Scribner · leaf 143
aluable one, the wood being veryhard and durable. It is in particular demandfor fence-posts and other timbers which are tobe in contact with the ground. These parts offences or buildings are always liable to earlydecay and attacks of destructive insects, yet thevellow locust is able to withstand… … FIG. 20. .\ PfRFLE BEECH. I9°5-1 OUR FRlKNnS THE TREES. 707 which did not include the three forest giants, the amber-colored giun the tree gives out —re- buttonwood, sweet-gum, and tulip. The various names of buttonwood, button-
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