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5. Carpinus Betulu*. HORNBEAM. Britain. Not very favourably 



reported upon. 



6. Cornus forida. NOETH AMERICAN DOGWOOD. Rough, suitable 



only for bold work. 



7. Cratcegm oxyacantha. HAWTHORN. Britain. By far the best 



wood after box. 



8. Diospyros ebenian. EBONY. Ceylon. Nearly as good as box in 



texture ; colour of wood an objection. 



9. Diospyros texana. A North American tree. Nearly equal to best 



box. 



10. Elceodendron atistrale. Queensland and New South Wales. Suit- 



able for diagrams, posters, etc. 



11. Ewnymus europaus, var. Hamiltomanus. PAI'CHA. China, where 



the wood is much used for carving and engraving. A 

 useful wood, especially for bold work. 



12. Eugenia procera. Jamaica, Antigua, and Martinique. Suited 



for bold, solid newspaper work. 



13. Monotoca elliptica.New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania. 



Not very favourably reported upon. 



14. Pittosporum bicolor and P. undulattim. New South Wales, Victoria^ 



and Tasmania. Both woods are suitable only for bold out- 

 lines. 



15. Pynts communis. COMMON PEAK. Britain. Not very well 



reported upon, but it does well for engraved blocks for 

 calico printers. 



16. Rhododendron californicitm and E. maximum. Both of these have 



been favourably reported upon from North America. 



17. Tabebuia pentaphylla, WEST INDIAN Box. West Indies and 



Brazil. A fairly good substitute for box. 



The most recent substitute for true boxwood that has 

 been brought to notice, and one that at first promised to 

 become of considerable importance, is that known as Cape 

 boxwood. The first notice of this wood was contained in a 

 letter from East London, Cape Colony, in 1885, addressed 

 to the writer, and in the same year about three tons arrived 

 in London. Samples were submitted to several practical 

 men for trial and report, and they all agreed that the wood 



