EXOTIC WOODS. 625 



Gnaltcria rirf/ata, Brazil?) for fishing-rods, handles of golf- 

 clubs, etc. Heads of wooden golf- clubs are of beech, or 

 apple. Tr.] 



Pencil-cedar (Juniperus virginiana and J. bennudiana). For 

 lead-pencils, pianoforte-hammers, pipe-stems, turnery and finer 

 cabinet-making. 



Pitch pine (Pin us jwlustris, from the Southern States of 

 North America). Splendid architectural wood, resembles the 

 best larch wood in durability ; ship-building, railway-carriages, 

 less used for furniture. [Pitch pine is the name given in 

 Europe to the timber of several pines in the S. States of 

 N. America. They are Longleaf-pine (P. palustris), Cuban- 

 pine (P. r///>r//.s/x), Shortleaf-pine (P. cchinata), and Loblolly- 

 pine (P. Taeda). The timber of /'. /W//x/V/x is called longleaf 

 pinewood in America, pitch pine being the name of Pinna 

 riifida, a tree yielding very inferior timber. Tr.] 



American cypress (Ta.codiinn dititicJnun).- Fsed for door 

 and wall-panelling, etc. Lawson's cypress wood is considered 

 durable in America. 



Oregon or Douglas-fir (Psendotsuga tnucroiiata). Excellent 

 for superstructures and ship-building ; also as scantling in 

 joinery, for school-benches, etc. [Used by Nansen for " The 

 Fram." Tr.] 



[The wood of many Australian gum-trees (Kiirali/jtttut sp.} 

 is highly esteemed: thus " Jarrah " (K. tnanjuuita}, ship- 

 building, railway-sleepers, wood-paving; and " Kari " (K. 

 dircrsicolor), wood-paving. Tr.] 



Californian red-wood (Sequoiti sempervirens), price in London 

 in 1898, Is. Sd. to Is. Wd. cubic foot. 



Kauri pine (Dmumara ait straits), from New Zealand, used for 

 flooring, deck planks, etc. Dacn/dium cuprcsisiiurm also, is 

 much used in New Zealand. 



Palmwood, for sticks and umbrella-handles. 



Bamboos for sticks and furniture, basket-work, fishing-rods, 

 etc. 



[In tropical countries, for buildings, masts, shafts for 

 carriages, lance-poles, milk-pails, etc. Tr.] 



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