Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-04
FROM THE FOREST.
SPECIMENS OF THE VARIOUS TREES
OF THE UNITED STATES.
Portions o. the Bark and Transverse and
Longitudinal Sections of the Wood
-EKtrsordiuary Growths-Ps
Culiar Formations.


Scientific American
There has recently been placed on eE.
hiblIiuu A. The New \ ofk Museum Of
Natural History. an almost comp etc rep
rest. .4talIon OF the tree, OF the nited
taies. between o. and 90 trunk sec
tlon> Of the different species These speCi
mems ARE ub,ut r,, feet eight III, hes long
each cut in such mannrr as to display
their barks and the transverse and lUngi
tudinal s,cti.n- of the wood This IS
done hy cutting ava, one side of earh
spec Inru al the top TO the depth
OF one halt the diameter Of The trunk
aud for one rhlri OF IL length Une half
If ea, h ~ posed portion Is polished to illus
nate the c.lrc, oi lh.s treatment of the
wood. the remainder beng left in the
natural condition with the top OF the up
per divided 4, art nurshri by beyeling In
the ca>r OF trees OF commercial Impor
aan,r this form Of representation is sup
pirmeat,d ~ curfu y selected blanks.
or by hur.S showing better than the logs
the true inIu-lrlul valve Of the wood
Among -lcrImrn- Of this kind Is plank
If rcdwU. d t uu.H ~rmIrrvirrnS meas
urlng c.ghl aid one half feet in width \
optCies remarkable for slow growth. and
which = only twenty four luCI,s IN dam
! atcr shows an az IF . Years. being the
Did. - Tree la tn collect Oh This J. the
irra nsrimunui named for il, di-Cuv
rrT DR. uLC.muuu.. aud known also ~
ugr mann spruce I'm example oil SLOW
giOwlh Is seen III The mus c.uIl~ or ed
,Hlr pine #. IN Arizona. called AIS" nut
| inc. Tho seed OF tins pine which rr
seinbIcs good sized bean, is used b, the
! ln.ilans for food y tee Of tbs speCir>
| Nhirh l. 81 years old measures only NJ
| teen inches in diane rr .Ano her slcci-
men. which = .,+I years Old shows 4 di
nneter OF thirty seven inches. II is the
western shell bark hickory ' arya suleata
| from ALenlO"n Mo. The same luCa.ily
| IS rep c>cnlcd 10y specimen of the lila
! AmcrICaua or Eastwood. which is forty
inches diameter and 80 years old
lhls valuable co! ertloA. numerically
| exceeding that made III connection with
| the census rrpUrt-. includes examples OF
many curious and interesting species, of
which probably The ump etc natural ser.
t. could never have been viewed III their
native soil any n-lc traveller how
yer dlilgenL Among The 81 eCmeus If
| such interest Is that o; the llrdltsOhIa
rIaCanlhus, or honey locust, from Mis-
souri, ] hlH Is ii tree OF singular appear
ance. It's trunk l. '"vered with tn m
| r.usters, the s. lkes shooting IayIike in ali
directions from rhe.r growth cen,ers
| ihese thorn formations have their basis
the ara alone, without any suur, E
| whatever in the wood itself not even
esching il and are easily detached. 1t
was, therefore necessary TO suspend the
rec from the ceiling Of the car in Is jour.
! ney from the west
Another ua " extraordinary tree is
| repre- cnIatlve If Texas This is the
rruS gigautus. which resembles n uted
| QUINN. II is h tree which can be readily
AIKEN all TO pieces. Its component parts
IRE In the form OF yertiCle sections of
visiting curvatures in the line of their
| circumference. whereby one portion IS
| ltted exactly 10 another. They can be
! separated without the slightest difficulty
Il the absence OF any heart at the center