Wood - Specimen details

Wood - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 17139

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Plant Name 156.01 JUGLANDACEAE Juglans nigra Entry Book Number 20.1983
Artefact Name Wood Vernacular Name
Iso Country Canada TDWG Region Canada
Parts Held Wood Geography Description Canada
Uses WoodUse: MATERIALS - Wood User: Man TDWG use MATERIALS - Wood
Storage Woods size B Related Items
Donor BM (Nat. Hist.) Donor No CLVI.2
Donor Date 00/00/1862 Donor Notes
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Collection Notes Collection Date
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Notes: Label source: Grows abundantly on the rich soils of the Western and South-Western parts of Upper Canada, of an average height of 120 feet, 70 feet to the first limbs, and 36 inches in diameter. Sections of the wood, 6 feet in diameter, are not uncommon.T, he wood is compact, strong and tough of a deep violet colour surrounded by a white alburnum. It is used extensively for building, for furniture and in the form of veneers. It can be furnished along the line of the Great Western Railway or ? the Lake ports, for #60 sterling per 1000 cubic feet; freight thence to Quebec about #11 per 1000 cubic feet. Specific gravity 0.5; weight of cubic foot 30 lbs, well seasoned.

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