author: donald culross peattie

... are low , bushy , and branching much from the base , with picturesquely crooked stems , having the habit of manzanita shrubs . The wood does not gain the name of Ironwood for nothing ; it is as strong and tough as it is heavy and close ...

... is required , but only occasionally does this tree grow as much as 30 feet high , or produce a trunk a foot thick , nor does it occur abundantly enough to make it commer- cially profitable . So Ironwood is only locally used , when someone ...