Section 14. Confusion of Names. Structural and Physical

Properties of Wood. Uses. Structural Value of Black Locust.

Durability and Peculiarities of Mesquite. Botanical

Characteristics of Trees, etc. 75

_a._ Black Locust, Yellow Locust (Robinia pseudacacia) 77

_b._ Honey Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos) 78

_c._ Mesquite (Prosopis juliflora) 79

WHITEWOOD OR TULIP-TREE WOOD; POPLAR OR COTTONWOOD;

CUCUMBER-TREE WOOD; BASSWOOD (Liriodendron), (Populus),

(Magnolia), (Tilia).

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