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The wood seasons well and does not warp, but is somewhat liable to 

 crack. The trees are of medium size, and the timber should always be 

 cut on the quarter ; the open pores are very resinous. 



Carapa moluccensis, Lam. Weight, 43 lbs. India, Burma. 



Considerable quantities of this wood, in squares of 20 feet x 12 inches x 

 12 inches, are available. It is red to purple in colour and is hard and 

 durable. It is suitable for furniture, and is also used in Burma for house- 

 and boat-building and for tool handles and wheel-spokes. 



Careya arhorea, Roxb. Weight, 50 lbs. India, Burma. 



A dark red, even-grained wood, this can be obtained in squares up 

 to 25 feet X 12 inches x 12 inches. It is durable, and seasons and polishes 

 well. It lasts well under water and is said to be teredo-proof. It is used 

 for gun-stocks, building, house-posts, planking, and furniture ; it might 

 be well adapted for paving blocks. It is obtainable in large quantities. 



Cassia Fistula, Linn. Weight, 61 lbs. India, Burma. 



This very hard, heavy, close-grained wood is the produce of the Indian 

 laburnum. It is of a brick-red colour, darkening on exposure to hght. 

 According to the reports it is obtainable only in small size, and is rather 

 brittle and apt to spUt. It would be a useful wood for turning, inlay, 

 and fine cabinet work. 



The pores and the medullary rays are exceedingly fine and small, with 

 short, Ught-coloured ripple waves following irregular lines. 



Castanopsis hrevi-spina, Hay. Weight, 41 lbs. Formosa. 



The wood is of a light nut-brown colour marked with a pretty pattern 

 caused by the pores. It takes a very smooth surface, showing the clash 

 of the meduUary ray when cut on the quarter. It has a very nice texture, 

 and has every quality for standing well without shrinking or warping. 

 It has never been imported into England. 



The pores are rather scarce and irregular. The meduUary rays are 

 numerous and fine, and joined at right angles by similar white Unes 

 giving the appearance of a fine spider's web. 



Cedar. 



Under this commercial name a motley of woods is included. In the 

 first place comes the true cedar, a coniferous genus, Cedrus, of which there 

 are three species or varieties : the cedar of Lebanon, the deodar, and the 

 Mount Atlas cedar. Another coniferous type, the Port Orford cedar 

 {Cupressus Lawsoniana) might more correctly be termed a cypress, for 

 the tree is familiar in gardens under the name of Lawson's cypress. The 



