Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-31
OUR NATIVE TREES AND THEIR
 USES.

Dear Editor and Friends of The Social Corner:-I want to say some thing about our native trees. Their names and uses and those which are historical.
 The apple. pear. plum. peach and apricot. are all well known and noted for the delicious fruit they produce The orange. lemon and banana are common in most of our southern states. as are also fig and persimmon The latter fruit ripens in late autumn. is pale orange with a red cheek. A frost is required to make it eatible: 1t Is then very delicious There are three kinds of muIberries red, black and white. The fruit of ] the white is considered the best The leaves of the mulberry tree are used for food for silk worms.
 There are eight varieties of nut trees-the shagbark and hickory nut are considered the best The wood is | tough and elastic
 The butternut has a slightly bitter | taste. The bark of the tree makes a very handsome tan color. Q. The horse chestnut in full bloom Ia very handsome: the round, prickly | fruit balls. split open when autumn | comes. and contain two nuts which are not eatible, but look like polished ma- hogany.
 | trees. only two of which can be grown | in the northern states. The flowers bloom in May. at the ends o< the branches-cream white and fragrant | as a lily.
 | Sassafras, the wood, bark and roots | are all aromatic, and essential oil is extracted from the roots which has very strong medicinal properties. Witch hazel is supposed to possess medicinal properties, for external uses Ponds extract is distilled from the root and Is very popular. | <-A
 six of which are trees Those prin- | cipally grown here are red, white, ' black and yellow. The white Is now being cultivated for ornamental trees in our public and private lawns. The | paper birch possesses the most won- | derful bark of any of our native trees | Beneath the smooth, white skin are paper like layers which separate into | thin sheets. and varying in color from | cream to light tan. It Is so firm in Canoes are made from it, also a | great many fancy articles. There are six varieties of elms. A | few elm trees have become historic. For example The Washington Elm in Cambridge, Mass. is so called because General Washington Is said to have | first drawn his sword beneath its shade. when he first took command of
 the American army. The famous | treaty of William Penn with the | was InaQe beneath the DTa0Cn- | es or an enormous elm
 There are seventy kinds of oak | White oak is most valuable. The famous Charter Oak of Hartford, was supposed to be several hundred years
 old It fell in a wind storm in August | 1856, and so deeply was it mourned l the bells were tolled. and the band
 played funeral dirge over the ruins
 There are nine kinds of maple, chiei
 or which is< the sugar variety, from | which the sap is drawn for maple
 sugar. That Is of great commercial
 known as cut leaf. is a very beautiful
 tree The finely cut leaves hang or long, slender branches, and sway with every breeze, showing the white under side of the leaf.
 | There are three varieties of dogwood
 The great white blossom comes before
 the tree is in full leaf. so 1t claims the
 attention of those who frequent the
 woods for early spring flowers.
 There are ten varieties of willow
 The weeping willow was at one time l to be seen in most cemeteries, but now
 is crowded out by more modern. orna- mental trees.
 There are twelve varieties of pine The white pine bears the smoothesi
 bark of all the pines. Pitch pine is
 valuable for the manufacture of rosin | tar, and turpentine. Yellow pine is
 very fine grained and Is very valu- able for building and decorating purposes.
 The hemlock is one of the most | beautiful of our cone bearing trees
 The bark is used for tanning. The red
 cedar has been used so extensively il
 has become very expensive, and the
 heart of the wood makes pretty ~orna-
 mental work.
 The tulip, or whftewood, as it is called, is a beautiful sight in June, | when 1t is in full flower. The flowers
 are large and cup shaped. like a pond lily. Their color is a greenish yellow,
 with dashes of red and orange. These trees grow to an immense size. some times to a hundred feet or more.
 I will say good bye to all