THE TROPICAL FORESTS. 7 



We find in profusion, in the tropical forosts of southern Mexico, those valuable 

 woods which are only seen beneath the almost vertical sun of the Tropics. It will 

 be seen that Mexico has not less than twenty varieties of wood, useful in the joiner- 

 work, and for interior furnishing, while about sixty are enumerated as in use for 

 timber. In effect, Mexico has all the useful timber-trees of the North, with all 

 the added precious woods of the South. Among woods noted for their fineness of 

 grain, and susceptibility to polish, may be mentioned: ebony, lignum-vitas, ma- 

 hogany, manchinille, rosewood, sapota and violet-wood. Among trees famous for 

 their size, and the durability of their wood, are the cedars, cypresses, ceibas, 

 or silk-cottons, chestnuts, oaks, pines, tamarinds, tamarisks, etc., etc., — a long list 



CABINET AND DYE WOODS. 



GUM, RESIN, AND OIL-YIELDING PLANTS. 



