34 FORESTRY BRANCH BULLETIN No. 63 



MINOR SPECIES 



In addition to the species of trees described a few minor species were also 

 reported as used in very small quantities. The following are the most 

 important : 



Lignum-vitae a tropical wood used generally for making mallets, wooden 

 balls, sheaves, and pulleys. 



Photo 9537. R. G. LEWIS. 



Veneer for the manufacture of sewing-machines. The engraving shows five pieces of gum veneer 

 if in. thick, used to build up one sewing-machine table core, Singer Mfg. Co. 



Rosewood, used for the most expensive decorative Avork. 



Ironwood, used mostly for making fishing-rods. 



Apple-wood, used for tool handles and special purposes. 



Ebony, used, probably, for small musical instruments and brush-backs. 



Wood-using Industries 



The data which form the basis of this bulletin have been received from 

 864 firms. These are manufacturers using wood as raw material for the manu- 

 facture of finished articles or using wood as a means of manufacture or as a 

 packing material for the manufactured articles. The material is received at the 

 factory in various forms such as boards, planks, logs, bolts, or billets, and it is 

 worked up there to make different articles. 



