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INFUSIONS OF THE MAGIC WOOD OF MEXICO 



A section (lower corner) of the niaj^ic wood (En-imhardtia ,.oUMa,-hi,a) shows dark 

 hcartwood surrounded bv white sapwood. The four tubes contain water with a few chips of 

 the magic wood at the bottom of each. The colors from left to right are light greenish yel 

 low light opalescent blue, dark peacock blue, and brilliant orange yellow. The white sapwood 

 is in the smaller phials. It tinges water only slightly at first, but when left over night, the 

 infusion becomes a greenish yellow and glows with a decided fluore.scence. Chips of the heart 

 wood are in the large phials. They tinge water deep orange yellow which, held in front ot a 

 dark background, displays beautiful i)eacock colors 



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