Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1881-08-24

ties, it is found in great numbers.
and magnificent proportions. The
timber is strong. compact, d urable
elastic, free from worms, and gener>
ally. of better quality than growing
further north. There is no assign
able limit to the amount of business
that might here be done in this tins
her. If every saw mill in Michigan
were moved into Tennessee, and set
to saving q thousand million feet a
year, it would be at least fifty years
before the present growth Of this no
species of timber would be exhausted;
and by tina: time there would be
another crop of these kingly trees to
keep the saws whirling for another
half century.
We have space to merely mention
the other varieties of oak that, mixed
with the white oak, grown here in
great profusion and to extraordinary
These are the post
burr, chestnut oak, swamp white,
willow oak, shingle. black jack
Spanish searet, black and pin, be
sides some varieties of smaller
size and less Importance.
THE SUGAR MAPLE.
In favorable situations that this
tree grows here to a height of sixty
and seventy feet, with girth at the
trunk of from six to twelve feet. The
birds eye view variety is very com-
mon, and exquisitely beautiful.
Highly polished, it takes silky lus-
ter. and It's dark spots and curly un,
lations produce somewhat the effect
of light and shade in the landscape.
In the mountain counties it forms a
large proportion of the timber, and
there the ''natiYe" vandals cut it inte
frewood; but sawed into veneers, or
exported as saw logs. it would soon
pay the entire debt of Tennessee,
Nothing has yet been done here to>
wards getting the finer varieties to
market.
THE WILD CHERRY.
This wood, which in the Eastern
States is of stunted growth. here at
tains height of forty and fifty feet
before dividing into limbs, and well
nigh rivals the oak in leafy magnlfi-
cence, 1t is, however, not very abun-
dant, except in cer5ain localities, and
is generally, so f9ras we have seen,
not equal in quality to the Michigan
wood. 1t is paler and more liable to
sap streaks, but answers very well
for ebonizing-
CEDAR (Jufaiperass Virginiana).
This tree, which Is scarcely more
than a sapling at the north, grows in
Tennessee 10 s. height of
from sixty to ninety feet, and a di-
ameter of from two to four feet, and
the wood is Of superior quality. 1t
is light. fine-gralned. compact and
used in posts and shingles, has been
known to out last a century. The
heart has rich red color, and pe>
strong odor, which renders
it obnoxious to moths. Chests made
from it are proof against their rav>
ages.
THE POPLAR (LiUodendro7s tulipeira,)
This tree, called at the North the
tulip and whitewood, is by far the
finest and most stately of any that
is found in the Tennessee forests. 1t
often attains height of hundred
and twenty and hundred md forty
feet, with diameter of six, seven
and eight feet, and @ straight shaft of
eighty feet before it breaks into
branches. Ten thousand feet of
lumber are frequently cut from a sin.
gle tree. It has q fine, compact
gram, polishes we'll, and is wrought
easily. While the West Virginia
wood is largely white" and ''bas>
tard," that which grows south of the
dividing that State from
East Eennc ssee is almost altogether
yellow or more properly a canary
color.
In most sections this wood is used
rs a substitute for pine. 1. is made
into joists, ,studdings, ,rafters, weather
boarding and shingles, and in fact is
applied to about every use that
white pine is put to at the North.
But. while more durable than the
wood. it is liable to swell and shrink
with the alterations. of the weather.
and hence is better adapted for out
loor service in climate like this,
where the summer heat seldom eX>
,eeds s5 deg. Fahrenheit. or to winter
cold Is deg. above zero, to one where
,he temperature ranges from that of
boiling pot down to 20 deg. below
freezing to death, It is this wood
which will come into universal in>
3oor use when the Michigan forests
are exhausted and, if Northern
builders were wise, they would not
wait that much croaked about event.
They would begin its use to-day, for
besides being better for indoor pur>
poses, it is cheaper than pine. First
quality Michigan uppers sell now in
Northern markets for from $50 to
$50 per thousand. while No. pops
ar, absolutely clear, and almost as
as satin wood. can be
bought for $32. Moreover, Michi-
gan pine will, at the utmost yield
not more than fifteen per cent. of
lppers, while Tennessee, poplar
Bill produce sixty. and often eighty
per cent. of wood that is totally free
from sap. knots, or other defects, and
from twenty to thirty inches in
width. And yet millions of acres of