| ALDER |
Not good except when very well seasoned. Hard to chop
or split. |
| ASH |
The best wood of all. Easy to split. Burns well green or
seasoned. Pleasant smell. |
| BEECH |
Nearly, but not quite as good as ash. Burns best seasoned.
Easy to split. |
| BIRCH |
Burns brightly but rather quickly. Very easy to split. |
| CHERRY |
Burns brightly. Gives fierce heat. Best when seasoned.
Pleasant smell. Easy to split. |
| CEDAR |
Burns well with good flame and heat. Easy to chop. Gives
pleasant smell, but spits. |
| ELM |
Several varieties. Burns well on good fire when well
seasoned. Very poor when green, giving acrid smoke. |
| ELDER |
Burns quickly and unpleasantly. Little heat and very acrid
smell. |
| FIRS |
All burn brightly, but spit quite long distances. Very easy
to split. |
| FRUIT TREES |
Nearly all very sweet smelling, but difficult to split. |
| HAZEL |
A very satisfactory wood. Burns steadily. Easy to split. |
| HAWTHORNE |
Difficult to handle, but burns very well when mixed with
quicker burning woods. |
| HORNBEAM |
A sound, reliable, slow burning wood. Very hard on the axe.
Gives great heat. |
| HORSE CHESTNUT |
More or less useless. Won't burn in less then furnace heat. |
| HOLM OAK |
Very hard to work and difficult to burn. |
| HOLLY |
Burns very well, green or seasoned. Easy to split and
pleasant smell. |
| LIME |
Not much use except mixed in small proportion with other
woods. Little lame. Hard to light. |
| LARCH |
Burns very quickly, but spits very avidly. |
| MAPLE |
A reliable solid wood. Hard to split. |
| OAK |
Too valuable for camp fire, and too slow burning. Smolders
except when mixed. Hard to work. |
| POPLAR |
Splits easily, burns poorly and smells terribly. |
| SWEET CHESTNUT |
Not much use for fires. |
| SYCAMORE |
Can be mixed, but no good alone. Easy to work. |
| SPRUCE |
Burns quickly, but spits a bit. |
| WILLOW |
Burns very moderately when well seasoned. Easy to split: |
| YEW |
Excellent, if you want the fire to last the whole camp. Very
hard on the axe. |
