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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



April 



meaning cedar and the other the sil- 

 ver fir. 



A specimen of the acajou (Cedrela 

 fissiles), mentioned above, is growing 

 with remarkable rapidity in Dr. F. 

 Franceschi's garden in Santa Barbara, 

 California. Much credit is due this 

 distinguished gentleman, who has in- 

 troduced many valuable exotics into 

 California. 



Owing to the fact that the Cedrelas 

 mentioned above are such fine woods, 

 of quick growth, and in general as val- 

 uable on the market as mahogany, it 

 would be wise to plant these trees 

 also. One objection to mahogany is 

 that, in comparison with these ce- 

 drelas, it grows slowly. Dark wood 

 of these cedrelas might be easily con- 

 founded with light form of mahog- 

 any. The Cuban cedrela has one qual- 

 ity which mahogany does not possess, 

 fragrance of the wood, which presum- 

 ably protects cigars from insect inva- 

 sion. 



Throughout Spanish America ma- 

 hogany is usually known by its Span- 

 ish name Caoha. Baywood was an old 

 English name for this wood, because 

 it came in the early days mainly from 



the Bay Islands in the Gulf of Hon- 

 duras. Of all the names in common 

 use the term mahogany is probably 

 more familiar than any other. In fact, 

 the Century Dictionary is authority 

 for the verb "mahoganize," to cause 

 to resemble mahogany, as by staining. 



I know of one instance in which an 

 engineer was forbid to cut mahogany. 

 He could use all other woods on the 

 land for ties and bridges, but no ma- 

 hogany. The natives knew nothing of 

 the wood mahogany, but recommended 

 caoba strongly for the work. He pro- 

 ceeded to cut caoba. and up to the 

 time of his removal did not know that 

 caoba and mahogany were one and 

 the same. 



The term acajou is applied to ma- 

 hogany, although it belongs properly 

 only to Cedrela fissiles, mentioned 

 above. It is claimed by some that the 

 terms acajou and caoba had a common 

 origin. The French is acajou, Portu- 

 guese acajn, Spanish acayoiba, caoba 

 and caobana. It is said also that the 

 French acajou, applied to the cashew 

 tree of South Europe, is an entirely 

 different word, which has become con- 

 fused with it. 



AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 



TREASURER'S REPORT 



Washington, D. C, January 29, ipo8. 

 The Board of Directors, 



The American Forestry Association. 



Gentlemen : 



I have the honor to submit here- 

 with my report as Treasurer of your 

 Association for the year ended De- 

 cember 31, 1907, including two ex- 

 hibits, to wit : 



Statement of Assets and 



Liabilities 

 As at December 31, 1907. 



Exhibit "A" 



Revenue Account 

 For the year ended Dec. 31, '07. 

 Exhibit "B" 



For your enlightenment I beg leave 

 to refer briefly to the more important 

 items of the Balance Sheet. 



Bond Investments, $6,162.80. 



The bonds owned by the Association 

 are carried on the books at the pur- 

 chase price. 



Dues Outstanding, $790.90. 



Of this amount some dues have been 

 paid since the closing of the books. It 

 is estimated over one-half of the 

 amount outstanding will be collected. 



