80 Select Plants for Industrial Culture 



feet and a stem-girth of 18 feet towards the base. Messrs. Danger 

 and Name measured a tree on the Macleay-River, 48 feet in stem- 

 circumference at 10 feet from the ground; it yielded 80,000 feet of 

 sound timber. The Rev. Dr. Woolls noted in New South Wales 

 trees so large as to yield 30,000 feet (superficial) of timber. Market- 

 value in Brisbane 7 10s. to 8 10s. per 1,000 superficial feet. The 

 light, beautiful wood is easily worked and susceptible of high polish; 

 it is very much in request for furniture, for turnery including 

 stethoscopes, for the manufacture of pianofortes, for boat-building, 

 frames of window-blinds and a variety of other joiners' work; thus 

 it is highly prized for building racing boats, which weigh little over 

 30 Ibs., though 30 feet long, and yet prove durable (S. Edwards), 

 The timber from the junction of the branches with the stem furnishes 

 choice veneers. The bark contains a considerable quantity of tannin, 

 which produces a purplish leather (Fawcett). This tree is hardy 

 at Melbourne, but of slow growth in open exposed gardens and poor 

 soil. C. glabra (Gas. de Cand.) and C. microcarpa (C. de Cand.) 

 yield Cedar-wood in Sikkim, according to Dr. Geo. King. C. serrata 

 (Royle) grows at higher altitudes, and furnishes a different but also 

 good timber (G. King). 



Cedrela Brasiliensis, A. de Jussieu.* (C.jissilis, Vellozo.) 



From Argentina extending to Mexico. The timber is soft, 

 fragrant and easily worked; it is known as Acajou-wood. The 

 wood of C. odorata (Linne) from Central America furnishes the 

 principal material for cigar-boxes there (Laslett). The Surinam 

 Cedar -wood is furnished by C. Guianensis (A. de Jussieu). 



Cedrela febrifuga, Blume. 



Java, Sumatra, Timor, in cooler mountain-regions. More closely 

 allied to C. australis than to C. Toona. A tree, rising finally to a 

 height of 200 feet. Bark of tonic property. Hasskarl further notes 

 from Java C. Teysmanni and C. inodora. Cedrelas occur also in 

 New Guinea. 



Cedrela Sinensis, A. de Jussieu.* 



China and Japan. An elegant tree, hardy in South-Europe. 

 It furnishes a wood not unlike that of the Singapore-cedar, reddish 

 in color, particularly sought for cigar-boxes and similar articles. 



Cedrela Toona, Roxburgh.* 



The Singapore-cedar. Southern India, ascending the Himalayas 

 to 8,000 feet. Foliage deciduous. One of the most important of all 

 timber-trees for furniture-wood, which is easily worked, light, 

 seasons readily, takes polish well and is applicable for a multitude of 

 purposes in joinery. Dr. Brandis gives the stem-girth of trees 35 

 years old as 7 feet, when the tree grew on rich and moist soil; trees 

 with 30 feet stem-circumference are known. 



Cedrela Velloziana, Roemer. 



Brazil. A magnificent tree, with odorous wood of a red hue. 



