EXOTIC WOODS. 623 



bars, telegraph-posts, fencing, vine-stakes, wooden baskets, 

 and paper-pulp. 



Silver-fir. Used for the same purposes as sprucewood, and 

 specially useful in buildings, for pillars, also in hydraulic works. 



Scots pine, also termed red-deal. Used for the same 

 purposes as spruce, except for musical instruments, shingles 

 and other split-ware ; superior to spruce or silver-fir for 

 hydraulic works (piles), bridges, railway-sleepers, or mining 

 timber ; used for all purposes requiring durability ; esteemed 

 for ships' masts and spars, spars for windmills, conduit-pipes, 

 street-paving, etc. 



Larch. Used for the same purposes as red-deal, and 

 wherever durability is demanded is more highly esteemed than 

 the latter. [In Britain for fishing-boats, barges and fences. Tr.] 



Black pine. More used in hydraulic works and earthworks 

 than for superstructures, furniture, etc. 



Weymouth pine, termed white deal in America. Used in 

 superstructures, especially in roofs ; also in cabinet-making, 

 packing-cases, etc. Old wood is preferred. 



Cembran pine. Wood-carving, toys, and cabinet-making. 



[Corsican pine. Heartwood similar to red-deal. Tr.] 



Yew (Ta.rns baccata). Esteemed for bows, cabinet-making, 

 wood-carving and turnery. 



Mountain-pine (Pinus Montana). Turnery and wood- 

 carving. [Erect variety yields good building timber. Tr.] 



Juniper (Jmiipcrus communix). Fine wood for turnery and 

 wood-carving. 



8. Exotic Woods. 



Teak (Tcctona yrandis). The best wood for shipbuilding, 

 superstructures ; largely used in railway-carriage-building, and 

 by the cabinet-maker, wheelwright and turner. 



Mahogany (Sicii'tcnia Mahog<mi). Highly-esteemed furni- 

 ture wood; also used for panels, picture-frames, cigar-boxes, etc. 



Padauk (Pterocarpus dalbergioides) from Burmah and the 

 Andaman Islands. Highly esteemed for railway-carriages and 

 cabinet-making, also in saddle-making. 



Hickory (Hicoria alba and other species). Highly esteemed 

 in carriage-making, and for handles of implements. 



