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chocolate trees. It has a rapid growth, and is early produced from 

 the seed. Mostly used for railroad ties, posts for houses, fence 

 posts, foundations, etc. Has a dark, yellowish color in the heart, 

 is fine grained, heavy and tough. It grows with oblong cavi- 

 ties wasting a good deal of the wood when being dressed. 

 However, straight logs, I foot square and 30 feet high can be 

 obtained. 



(1 6). Madrono. There are two kinds, white and dark. It has 

 a fine grain, and is heavy. Its strength may be seen from the tests 

 in torsion and by transverse stress. Its growth is irregular and 

 branching. 



(17.) Mahogany. This is too well known to demand descrip- 

 tion. In Nicaragua it is' fairly well distributed. The best and 

 most valuable is exported to a considerable extent from the Mos- 

 quito territory, where it grows abundantly, and to its fullest size. 

 It is also found along the Pacific Coast in considerable quantities 



(18.) Moran. Solid and fine grained wood of a beautiful yellow 

 color. After it has been turned, it looks as if it had been polished; 

 planes very easily. It is exported in great quantities as a dye-wood. 

 Is often used for columns. Attains a height of from 30 to 35 feet, 

 and a diameter of from 12 to 1 8 inches. 



(19.) Nacascolo. The wood is extremely heavy, very fine 

 grained, and of a handsome dark color. Its toughness is shown 

 by the test in torsion. The fruit is known by the names of Nacas- 

 colo or Dividi, and used for dyeing purposes when dry. It is one 

 of the largest of hard-wood trees. Its trunk, although irregular 

 in growth, and seldom over twenty feet to the point where it 

 branches, is 6 feet in diameter. It attains a height of 60 feet, and 

 is found more abundantly on the Atlantic Coast. Is an excellent 

 wood for railroad ties. 



(20.) Nancite. Has a soft pink color, fine grain and works very 

 easily. The tree is small, grows on arid hills, and seldom attains 

 30 feet height. Its bark is used for tanning, and its fruits are 

 to the Nicaraguenses what cherries are to the North Americans. 



(21.) Nispero. It may be said that there are two kinds, wild 

 and cultivated. Large fruit tree of a thick and handsome foliage. 

 The trunk is straight and free from limbs. The tree attains a 

 height of 60 feet and a diameter of 2 feet. It is abundant all 

 through the country in farms near the towns and in the wild 



