New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-26
4 COLLECTION or FOODS.

NORRIS X. JESUS GIFT TO THE CIrY-FOUR Hun
p.rD LARGE SPECIMENS OF NATIVE WOODS.
Under the auspices aud at the expense of the
rell-known banker Morris K Jesur, collection of tho
native woods OF entire United states being prepared
and will be completed time this year. II il to be
presented TO the Museum OF Natural History In Manha
tan square and will open the OF all practical men TO
the vast possessed by this country in its native
woods The legs being prepared in the Arsenal at
Central Park. They are, for the most part. 1--WE feet
long At ono end section or half tho thickness
Of the log removed In this tho longitudinal and
transverse granings are both shown. There Is
also da.0na cut on the section, which displays that
granting also The remndeco the lOe remains IN It's
natural condition With the bark attached The work IS
being ons by ID. Dill under the general charge CT
Professor Sargent OF Harvard. Mr. Dill prepared the
spcmens for the Forestry Department VI the United
states census OF 1881.
Thsre arc many details Interest II the lovers OF
forestry. In the United states there are thiry-sI
yari.t., Of oak and thryfour pine But in the pop
lar mind everything that bears conc !. pine, So that
frs pruces and hemocks only distinguished by those
who know something about Their number r. dinn
Ishnp owing % the CrOwdng into cities, where
all knowledge OF the forest ia rapidly obhtcia,ed from
the mind We have nine kinds Of H., five varieties OF
sprucc and four Of henOck Tho finest specimen in the
collection though not the largest Is section Of the
Douglass fr Tbs bark s pttcd With holes whore the
TO fstte aud then IN the ful ness OF time deyourng IT,
Another sperdid specimen Is pine, the Lamheri1na
which measures five feet across section Of The Cali
fonan red wood the Seqjtoid semperre"s eight feet
81 inches In diameter This Is the red wood VI Commerce.
not tho big tree, which IS the seqnoh gigaHtcG.
specmen OF the spruce gems, the Pcea Erge!DiGan Is
from tree 40 years Old and Of sngulaTy fine grain.
There are four varieties Of bem0ck, ssyen OF juniper,
and four Of cypress and Se Louisiana cypress or TdlO
,y;,,,, farm "A gems by Itself.
The mccain mt tree r. hickory, the caryG oljre-
,ort the ehel-baTk valiant Of The NOrhie the cdyd d6a
o,d there arc ak Ohee hckort,s whose nuts are net
edible But tbey s ularly scrviccablc IN commerce
The youth Of this county will be gieycd TO learn that
tbereiro only two varieties OF pesmmODs that OF Texas
and that of Virginia both Of which shrink enormously In
sc1s0nC so nat their wood is not likely ~ be utilized
either Tor lumber or furniture. But much may be done
wrh thr pcTsnmou by cultivation, and ket1less yal
CIV OF the Nrgnan kind has been raised In Tennessee
Il i. Thought that the Japanese persimmon might be ac
cmszpd east OF the Rocky Mountains; it, wood is more
srryrc.hc than that VI We have twelve
varieties OF ash, wood that Is coming more ana more
,nto eddy Its toughness IL
verbal and has long been utilized by carriage makers Tor
certain parts of the wheels But IL - me han'9mo
row being used largely for tables desks beaches, ETC.
ComhEing itself the qualities or OAK ana pine. The
t6r"e varieties most used are the AmctcoH0, the one
gono and the Sunjuciloia There six varieties OF
Yrch Of which the best known "a the paper bark. The
yslloy brcn ia good handsome wood and largely
IN tue Adronaacb region. and upon INC Ahsahe shd
saTsnac Rivers But has nearly all been eur down for
the orges where charcoal nsmnered blooms arc manu-
d
featured ,,.--- -..t-.t.. -. ....,.. So.
OF alder seyen; OF beech throughout tho United States
there is one and that unfortunately ~ not the one
tat y.s the fine nuts The blue beech Of the C9rohnas
If, eu called the iron wood. s not beech at al IL
cdrnilus rot fags There Is considerable confusion
a6 over the Eastwood the genuine being Tho tulp
or rodedron Al Others including the three varieties
~, Ir are to be FOR the future considered COnterfes
The sweet gum IS also stumbling block, tho true beiI.
the Iqi,ddH6dr. Then tho thOrns are also sOIce of
error IL the rhGDHs which has three va,tee and
the craGgi which has sixteen ard the who- arc
often indlscrmRatey called either elsckUrn or bnck
thorn white thorn. The Mus is another point of
ni,tadngs one variety In Virginia beng called poison
oaH and another in California poison ivy. In tho
interest Of plain speaking II might be well 10 es Us
which Is not dhcult 10 spell or to pronounce There arc
ten kinds maple, eleven ndigeno varieties WHh,
four hoes and five varieties OF tT'o that has NO other
name than naked wood. Botancay 10 is the EuJcnid.
Then there Is the sycamore the pidts or plane tfce
which IL nuch better name than the former Sycamore
r. only tho Indiaa name Sycamore, or great sacheh
There mahogany that grows In Fonds, PM elmer
the specimen IL one, or the variety ahvuhls 70
lts and there IN tho collection two palms, INC 60
Coanut and the palmetto or the beautful nashoDe oI
The south there are seven varieties and tho elm oi Tie
! North has five Including Jlird, tho slippery elm