si;s <>i \\OOD. 



than indiv.enou,, sprucewood. Wood of the Wey mouth-pine 

 also is, Used in huildinj'.s ; it \\ as considered to j hllle 



durahility <>r strength, BO long ai only young \\<">d \\iihout 



heart- WaS USed, \\C\moiilJi pine\\ood indeed is, t ,lie I i",htesl 

 of the important coniferous, WOOds, hut il is not correct 

 ay that if is; tin- WOrst, I 1 '. Until t" The Wood of the 

 White I'ine/' IS!)!)) sayi lh;i.t in the Tinted States, and 

 perha.ps t In oiij'Jioiil the world, no wood is, ii;.ed for so many 

 purpos.es a8 \\ eymout h pinewood. 



The wood of lew l>roa,dleaved BpOC "pi tlie oak, are 



QSed in hmldni'',;:. | Chest nutwood has, heeli reported to have 

 heen used in loolm;', caJhedrals in I 1 ' ranee and Kn;da nd, hut 

 Mafhieu (l<'l<>rc/'rt'sli<-r<') stales that \\hen the Wood of fhe.,e 

 loots has, heeii examined hy an expert-, it has heen found 

 always: to he of oak. Tr. | Klmwood and wood of rohinia, 

 alTord ;>,ood huildiii", material, hut are scarce in (ierinany, 

 fhou;di the former is fairly common in Uritain. ANponwood, 

 in spite of its little durahility, is sometimes used for li;dif 

 roolin;- spar;.. Almost any wood may he used h till in the 

 frame work of fimhered houses; often heech is employed for 

 this purp 



Amoii"s,l foreign woods, thai of the, 1'itcli pino (/'/'////.s i><ilitx- 

 on account of il;. "leal durahility, strength, heauty of 

 ;-r;iiii and compara I ive cheapnes.s, is in great demand. 



In the select-ion of various woods for huildiii", purposes, the 

 price and facility lor workin;; a re usualU deci,,i i\ e. a l;,o eiisl 0111 

 and soiuet-imes prejudice. 



In the east of North America, lor cent uric;,, the most- impor 

 (a nl- huildiii", timher has heen that, of Wey moil Ih pine; as now 

 (he supply of this timher is nearly ex ha .iisled , s\\amp c\| 

 ('l' t i Kxltiim <lixti<-linin) a,nd other timhers I hat \\ere formerly 

 despised, especially thai of BpeoieS of pine, have come into 

 llfle. f,>"' P ' v " N "^"' n'pl:i.< ^^ "iif oak;,; in the west and south 

 of North America, redwood (<S'< '<///<>/,/ >,v////> ( Tr//v//,s-), in the north, 

 riiinx i><>ii<l<'i-ox<i and l>oii;das lir, are the most important 

 timhers. | \\Cstcrn larchuood ( /.// , from 



Montana is eoniin;- into use.- - -Tr. | In ,)a|an, ( 'n/>(,>nit'ri(i 



j<(i><>nic(i LB most used ; wherever this Pails, pines and e\pi. 



liro selected. The Imperial palace i. hmll of the \\ood 



