62 1 INDUSTRIAL USES OF WOOD. 



Ailanihus glandulosa. Becommended for carriage-making, 

 on account of its strength, elasticity and non-liability to warp. 

 West Indian cedar (Ccdrcla odorata). Best wood for cigar- 

 boxes and river-boats. 



Ebony (Diospyros Ebc'iiuni, D. Melanoxylon, and other 

 species). Turnery and wood-carving, pianoforte keys, knife- 

 handles, etc. [Stained holly and hornbeam used to imitate 

 ebony. Tr.J 



Lignum-vitse (Gnaiacum qfficinale). Bowls, pulley-blocks, 

 policemen's batons; used in gunpowder-manufacture as 

 grinding- rollers. 



Jacaranda (Jacaranda brasiliensis) . Turnery, inlaid furni- 

 ture, etc. 



Rosewood (wood of several species).* Furniture, pianoforte- 

 making, etc. 



Grenadillaf (West Indies and Honduras). Used similarly 

 to rosewood, and for flutes. 



Horseflesh-wood (Ccesalpinia sp. from Bahamas). Violin- 

 bows, machinery. 



Greenheart (Nectandria Rodicei, lauraceous tree from 

 Central America, South America, and West Indies). Ship- 

 building. 



Violet-wood (Acacia pcndula and A. nomolophylla, from 

 Queensland). Inlaid furniture, boomerangs, etc. 



Satinwood [wood of different species of trees, among others 

 Chloroxylon Sivietenia, from Ceylon. Tr.] Used for furniture 

 and the backs of brushes. 



Olive-wood (Olea europcea). Wood-carving, etc. 

 Quebrache-wood (Aspidosperma Quebracho < -bianco, from 

 Argentina). A good substitute for boxwood, for wood- 

 engraving, also for railway-sleepers. Quebracho-colorado, 

 for tanning.^; 



American white (or poplar) wood (Liriodendron). Used 

 for ebonised show-cases, furniture, carpenters' benches, etc. 

 Takes stains well, and does not warp. Tr.] 



Briar- wood (Erica arbor ea). Boot-stock used for tobacco- 

 pipes. 



[Lancewood (Duguetia quitarensis, Benth. of Guiana, and 



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