574 Forestry Quarterly. 



Quilineja (Lusnriaga), parasite on trees, used for manufac- 

 ture of baskets and brooms. 



Quila (Chtisquea quila), a sort of bamboo, good forage, rich 

 in pulp, suitable for paper manufacture. 



Southern Industrial and Lumber Review. 



Of the many different kinds of timber in 

 Woods Brazil the following may be mentioned as 



of of special interest : 



Brazil. Jacaranda tan, reddish color with black 



grain, and /. violetta, violet color with 



black grain, both are favored for piano construction. They are 



easily worked with machine tools. There is also a black species 



of this genus similar to Ebony. 



Red Cedar, used for cigar boxes, and White Cedar used in 

 small amounts for light furniture. 



Peroba has five species which are hard and are used for in- 

 terior finish floors. 



Vinhatico, a yellowish wood used for furniture occurs in 

 large trees 8 to lo ft. diam. containing 800 to 1,200 cu. ft. 



Putumuju, a yellow wood, and Atmriha, a brilliant red tone, 

 are used for interior finish. 



Genipapo has a fine wood of grayish blue color and is easily 

 worked. 



Cangerana and Copahyba are waterproof woods and are used 

 for railway ties. 



Pao jangada has an extraordinarily low specific gravity, 0.20 

 to 0.25. It is used for boats and skiffs and furniture; the latter 

 is almost indestructible. 



Woodcraft, March, 1913. 



BOTANY AND ZOOLOGY? 



Mr. Zon points out that Darwin's theory 

 Darwinism of natural selection was anticipated in a 



in few sentences by a forester, or rather an 



Porestry. obscure writer, Patrick Matthew, in a vol- 



ume on Naval Timber and Arboriculture, 

 published in 183 1. Darwin acknowledged this fact in a later 

 edition, which, however, was not known to him when he first 



