130 SWIETENIA MAHOGONI. 



2. Veinv Mahogany. Acajou ve'mi^ French. The wood of tliis variety is 

 veiiit'd lonLMtiuliimlly with llio tjrain. displaying altcrnatrly dark and light 

 streaks, (onliinious. nitcrrupted, or re-a|i)earing. 



:i. Watered Mahogany. Acajou inoirv, French. Tliis variety is known hy 

 the transverse waves which exhibit to the eye an ellcct similar to those of a 

 watered riband. 



1. \ ELVKT-coKD or CATERPILLAR Mahogany. Acajou c/w/iifie, Frcncli. This 

 variety is distingnished hy its whitish lines, accompanied by a fignred shade of 

 fragments of roseate sprigs, here and there disposed diagonally, longitudinally, 

 iiiterrnpt(Hl, or crossing one another. 



5. Hikd's-eye Mahogany. Acajou moucheti, French. This variety is be- 

 sprinkled with little oval knots, which, when duly proportioned, render the 

 wood half light and half dark. 



6. Festooned Mahogany. Acajou ronccux^ French. This variety offers in its 

 colour a mixture of light and shade usually resembling sheaves of wheat, feath- 

 ers, wreathes, festoons, or figures of shrubs. 



As the wood of mahogany is generally hard and takes a fine polish, it is foimd 

 to serve better than that of any other tree for cabinet-making, for which ])ur- 

 pose it is universally admired. It is very strong, and answers well for beams, 

 joists, planks, boards, and shingles, for which it was formerly much used in 

 Jamaica. Its adaptation to ship-building we have already mentioned in the 

 history of this tree. 



