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Lumber dealers in Bordeaux Continued. 



Name. 



Address. 



Plantey 

 Purpan. 

 Redon . . 



Reynaud fils & Dumont 



Saint-Martin 



Speii & Van Santen 



Talbart Duclos 



T^tard 



Vigi^r 



Viguier 



Westerhuus 



Quai de Queyries, 64-65. 



Rue Lagrange, 147. 



Rue Lagrange, 99. 



Rue Calve, 43-45. 



Rue d'Ornano, 145. 



Cours d'Albret, 103. 



Rue du Parlement St. Catherine, 18. 



Quai Deschamps, 32. 



Cours Journu-Auber, 44. 



Ruai de Queyries, 80 a 83 (La Bastide). 



Quai des Chartrons, 110. 





J. M. WILEY, 



Consul. 

 BORDEAUX, May 19,1894. 



MARSEILLES. 



NATIYE WOODS. 



France does not consume for house-building purposes proportionately 

 tlie same amount of lumber as is used in the United States, but never- 

 theless her native woods by no means supply the quantity annually 

 demanded. Dwelling houses of every degree, and indeed structures 

 for whatever purpose intended, are in the main built of stone or, at 

 least in the construction of walls, of broken stone and brick and cement, 

 leaving an outer surface with an appearance as nearly as possible simi- 

 lar to sandstone. Even in the matter of flooring, particularly in south- 

 ern France, while hard and soft wood are to some extent employed, 

 the material generally liked and usually employed is the red hex- 

 agonal tile, common to southern countries. Joists, doors, casings, and, 

 as above stated, some flooring are of wood. 



The native woods are walnut, white oak, evergreen oak, eucalyptus, 

 olivewood, some pine, and Corsican boxwood. The characteristic 

 features of these are, of course, generally known, excepting as to the 

 eucalyptus, a detailed report on which was recently sent from this con- 

 sulate to the Department. 



KINDS OF LUMBER USED. 



The lumber usually employed in building operations is pine, most of 

 which is imported from Russia and Sweden. For the making of furni- 

 ture, an industry of great proportions at Marseilles, the woods preferred 

 are American, Circassian, and French walnut, rosewood, mahogany, 

 maple, whitewood, thuya, and boxwood. 

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