...plane tree, but much smaller. It is softer than beech, hut rather disposed to brittleness. The color of young sycamore is silky white, and of the old brownish...white ; the wood of middle age is intermediate in color, and the strongest. Some of the pieces are very handsomely mottled. It is used in furniture,...

...32 feet high. It is a very clean wood, resembling the plane-tree,but much smaller. The colour of the young sycamore is silky white, and of the old, brownish white; the wood of the middle age is the intermediate in colour, and the strongest. It is used in furniture, piano-fortes,...

...32 feet high. It ua very dean wood, resembling the plane-tree, but much smaller. The colour of the young sycamore is silky white, and of the old, brownish white ; the wood of the middle age is the intermediate in colour, and the strongest. It is used in furniture, piano-fortes,...

...plates. It yields a very clean wood, somewhat softer than beech, but rather disposed to ! Í : llénese. The colour of young sycamore is silky white, and of...white ; the wood of middle age is intermediate in color and the strongest. Some of the pieces are very handsomely mottled. Used in furniture, chiefly...

...Its mean size is thirty-two feet high ; it is a very clean wood, with a figure like the plum-tree, but much smaller. It is softer than beech, but rather...colour of young sycamore is silky white, and of the old brownish-white ; the wood of middle age is intermediate in colour and the strongest. Some of the pieces...

...gladius, a fish which is eaten fresh in many localities, and pickled and shipped from Massachusetts. disposed to brittleness. The colour of young sycamore...handsomely mottled. It is used in furniture, pianofortes, harps, and for the superior kind of Tunbridge turnery; it may be cut into very good screws, and is...