Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1880 [PAGE 88]

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86 Ash, prickly, Xanthoxylum clava Herculis. S. E. United States; hard, yellow, close-grained. Ash, white, Fraxinus Americana. United States; hard, tough, white. Wagons and carriages, furniture, implements. Asp, quaking—See Aspen, American. Aspen, American, Populus tremuloides. N. United States; soft, white. Paper, floors, fuel, turning. Bamboo, Bambusa arundinacea. India; yellow, tough. Furniture. Barberry, Berber is vulgaris. Tough, yellow. Bar-wood, Africa—Hard, dark red. Bamrods, violin bows, turning, dyeing. Bass-wood—see Linden. Bay, red, Persea Carolinensis. S. W. United States; hard, rosecolor, very durable. Ship building, cabinet making. Bay, rose, Rhododendron maximum. N. E. United States; hard, close. Bay-tree, sweet, Laurus nobilis. S. Europe. Beech, Fagns ferruginea. N. United States; hard, reddish-yellow, very durable, if dry. Planes, handles, turning. Beech, Fagus sylvatica. Europe; hard, liggt yellowish-brown. Handles, lasts, tools, furniture. Beech, blue—See Hornbeam, (Carpinus Americana). Beech, water—See Hornbeam. Beef-wood, Casuarina stricta. Australia; hard, dark red. Ornamental. Big tree, Sequoia Gigantea. California; medium hardness, red, very durable. Building. Bilsted—See Gum, sweet. Birch, Betula alba. Europe; hard. Spoons, tables, turning. Birch, Betula occidentalis. California. Building, fencing. Birch, black, Betula lenta. E. United States; hard, reddishbrown. Cabinet making, furniture, gun-stocks, ornamental. Birch, gray—See Birch, yellow, (Betula lutea). Birch, paper, Betula papyracea. N. E. America; medium hardness, whitish, not durable. Canoes, turning, fuel. Birch, white, Betula alba populifolia. N. E. America; soft, whitish, not durable. Turning, furniture, fuel. Birch, yellow, Betula excelsa. Medium hardness, yellow. Furniture. Birch, yellow, Betula lutea. N. E. America; medium hardness, yellow. Furniture, turning. Biti. India; open-grained, like Bosewood. Ornamental. Bitter-nut wood, Juglans amara. United States; white, medium hardness. Agricultural implements, wagons, etc. Bitter-nut wood, Juglans aquatica. United States; soft, white. Black-wood, Dalbergia latifolia. India; heavy, fine-grained, greenish-black. Furniture, ornamental. Blue-gum, Eucalyptus globolus. Australia; hard. Building, shipbuilding, piles, bridges. Bog-oak, Quercus. Ireland and England; hard, black. Cabinet making, turning, ornamental work, fancy work.