THE USES OF BRITISH TIMBER 



Hazel. Hoops, sieve-frames, walking-sticks. 



Hornbeam. Wheelwright's work, cogged wheels and other 

 woodwork in machinery, turnery, shoemakers' pegs and lasts, 

 plane-boxes, carpenters' benches, tool-handles, agricultural 

 implements, pulley-blocks, and all small articles where great 

 toughness is required. 



Horse-chestnut. Sides and bottoms of carts, cabinet-making, 

 turnery, reels and bobbins. 



Lime. Carving, founders' models, used under veneer, 

 wooden basket-work, pianofortes and organs, wooden shoes. 

 There is not much demand for lime timber. 



Oak. Superstructures, hydraulic works, bridges, ship and 

 boat building, house-building and interior decorations, gate- 

 posts, mill wheels, railway-sleepers, mining timber, joiner's 

 work, cabinet-making, carriage-building, wheelwright's work, 

 blocks, staves, bungs, sieve-frames, shingles, treenails, wood- 

 carving, pianoforte making, turnery, window-frames, park 

 palings, hurdles, rungs for ladders, cask-staves. 



The timber of sessile oak is softer and more easily worked 

 than that of pedunculate oak, and is preferred where great 

 strength is not essential. Pedunculate oak is the best for all 

 work of construction. 



Poplar. Framework for veneered furniture, wheelwright's 

 work, packing-cases, bottoms and sides of carts, and stone 

 wagons, brake-blocks for railway carriages, cigar-boxes, 

 matches, pulp for paper. Aspen is preferred for matches and 

 pulp for paper. 



Sweet Chestnut. Interior work in house-building, furniture, 

 gate-posts, park palings, fences and hurdles, staves, hop-poles, 

 hoops. 



Sycamore and Maple. Furniture, turnery, carving, reels and 

 bobbins, churns and other dairy utensils, box-making, musical 

 instruments, gun-stocks, whip handles, bread platters, wooden 

 spoons, clog-soles, blocks of pulleys, calico-mill rollers. 



Walnut. Cabinet-making, gun-stocks, veneer, wood-carving, 

 turnery. 



