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284 Woodcraft Manual for Girls and does not stand for weather or ground work. A cubic foot weighs 44 lbs. Wisconsin to Maine and south to Gulf. Pin Oak or Swamp Oak (Quircus pdustris) Fifty to 70 or even 120 feet high, in swampy land. Wood hard, coarse-grained, very strong and tough. Will not stand exposure next to ground. A cubic foot weighs 34 lbs Its acorns take two seasons to ripen. Leaves 4 to 6 inches long. In moist woods and along swamp edges. Massachusetts to Iowa and Arkansas. Beech (Fagus grandifdia) • ^" North America there is but one species of beech. It is a noble forest tree, 70 to 80, and occasionallv 120, feet high; readily distinguished by its unfurrowed ashy gray bark wSxi hard, strong, tough, close-grained, pale, heavy. Leaves x to 4 inches long. A cubic foot weighs 43 lbs. Wisconsin to Nova Scotia and south to Gulf.