424 FOXWORTHY. 



White or yellowish woods Continued. 



Catinga {Citrus sp.) . India and Malaya; widely planted. 



Champaca (Michelia ohampaoa). Widely planted. 



Camphor wood (Ginnamomum ccmphora), Formosa and Ceylon. 



Sandalwood [Santalum spp.). India to South Sea Islands. 



Snakewood {Stryohnoa Mw-vomtos), India. 



Satinwood [Chioroatylon wcietema), India and Ceylon. 



Canary wood (Morinda rii rifoliu ) . India and planted elsewhere, 



Deodar (Oedms deodara). India. 



Chatwan (AUtonia tcholari*). India to the Philippines. 



Ilaldn (Adina oordifolia), India to the Philippines. 



Santo) (Sondoricvm indicum). India to the Philippines. 



fellow sanders (Ximenia ameriotma). India to the Philippines. 



Culia (Memecylon edule). India to the Philippines. 



CARVING AND wool) ENGBAVING. 



For wood engraving and instruments of precision boxwood is unequaled. 



In the manufacture of small articles, rulers, etc., ebony is often used 

 because of its freedom from shrinking. 



For carving, lanete (Wrightia spp.), molave (Vitex littoraUs), teak 

 (Tectona grandis), and sandal (Santalum a/hum) seem moat in favor. 

 A number of other woods are used, one of them, the blackwood of India 

 (Daibergia latifolia), being used in considerable quantity for the manu- 

 facture of carved furniture. 



TOOL HANDLES. 



This kind of work requires a wood which is dense and of even grain 

 and which will turn well. 



Some of the woods most used are Mimusops elengi, Pridiwn guajava, 

 Memecylon edule, Murraya exotica, Mesua ferrea, Shorea obtusa, Eugenia 

 tetragona, Dodonaea viscosa, Xylocarpus spp.. bamboos, etc. 



CAKES OB WALKING STICKS. 



This requires a wood which is pretty, close-grained and capable of 

 finishing well. 



The species most used are Balanites roxburghii, various bamboo and 

 palm stems, Cassia siamea, Dichrostachys cinerea, Dioepyros discolor, 

 Diospyros pilosanthera, Diospyros and Maba spp., Dodonaea viscosa, 

 Greuria populifolia, Murraya exotica, Parrotia jacquemoniiana, Prinsepia 

 a/ilis. Pterocarpus spp., Pahudia rhomboidea, Sarcococca pruniformis, 

 Zanthoxylum datum, Taxotrophis ilicifolia, 



BOXES OB PACKING CASKS. 



Almost any wood which occurs in quantity, is easily worked and not 

 too hard and heavy may be used for this purpose. In places, special 



industries have made it necesary to use large quantities of wood for 



boxes. Thus, in Ceylon, the tea industry has required a great number 

 of cases. Mr. P. E. Lewis had a verv interesting article on the tea- 



