420 FOX WORTHY. 



IV. BABE ORNAMENTAL OR PRECIOUS WOODS. 



ruder this heading it is intended to include those woods which have 

 a special popular interest aside from their commercial value. The prin- 

 cipal ones of these are boxwood, eamphorwood, corkwood, ebony, incense 

 wood, ironwood, tignum-vitffi, mahogany, rosewood, sandalwood, satin- 

 wood, and zebrawood. 



BOXWOOD. 



'This is produced by BuXU8 srinprrrimis L. (see p. 487) and is the 



beet wood in the world for wood engraving. No thoroughly satisfactory 



substitute has been discovered. One of the best substitutes is a related 

 African species of the same genus. The following list of woods which 

 are sometimes used as substitutes for boxwood or which might be of 

 Service as such is given by Watt : 



Atnltnilia niono/ihi/lhi. Ixora /xirri/loid. 



Orataeva rcligiosa. Memeeylon erfttie. 



Celastrus tpinonu. Murraya ewotiea. 



Chloromylon ewietenia. Olea ferruginea, 



Dodonaea vxaeota. Peidium gmajava, 



Gardenia gwnmifera. Punioa granatum. 



Gardenia latifoUa, Santalum album. 



HemieyoUa eepiaria, Bonneratia acida. 



Homonoia eympkyUioefoUa, Viburnum erubeeoent. 



To tins list might be added Clausena txcavaia Burm., Aegle marmelog 

 Corr., Fagara spp. of the Butacea, and a number of fine and even-grained 



Rubiaceae. 



Stevenson 124-130; Holtzapffd 76; Watt Diet. 1:557; Boulger 147- Wiesner 

 2:9(!2. 



( AMi'iioiavoon. 

 Tile eamphorwood of Japan and Formosa is the [trod net of Cin- 



namomum camphora Fr. Xees & Bberm. (see p. 454). All parts of the 

 wood contain a considerable amount of the gum or oil and have a verv 

 pronounced odor Of camphor. The wood is easy to WOrk, polishes well 



and is much y\^\ in the manufacture of chests, drawers and insect-proof 

 cases. The demand for such articles is so great that the makers find it 

 difficull to get enough wood for their work. The cabinetmakers in 

 Manila make a great many imitation eamphorwood chests. Various 



soft, cheap WOOdB, as white lauan. are used, after being first treated with 

 oil to give them an odor like eamphorwood. The imitation eamphorwood 

 chests are, naturally, not so durable as those made from the true camphor- 

 wood. After the effect of the oil with which they were treated wears off, 

 they are likely to be attacked l,v insects. 



Nepal eamphorwood, produced by Cinnamomum glandtdiferum Meissn., 

 of British India, has brown tough wood with the odor of sassafras and 

 is also used for cabinet work. 



A number of other members of the family Lauracea produce wood 



