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for flooring boards or partitions, it is also used for masts 

 and spars. It is usually supplied in the colony in logs of 

 from 30 to 50 ft. long and 12 to 18 inches square. The 

 tree grows to a height of 120 ft. and 2 to 3 ft. diameter. 

 Weight about 39 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Suradanni (Meliacefs cedrela), a dark red coloured wood 

 with black streaks which takes a fine polish, used for 

 making dug-out canoes, planking of boats, wheelwright 

 work, and furniture. A hard substance in the wood, some- 

 thing like the mineral found in teak, rapidly dulls cutting 

 tools. 



Weight about 53 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Cirouaballi (Nectandra sp.), of which there are two 

 varieties, brown and yellow silverballi and siruaballi is 

 another of the many hardwoods of British Guiana, and 

 can be got in very long lengths up to 80 ft. and 16 to 

 30 inches square. It is used for the planking of boats and 

 vessels, masts and booms, is insect resisting, works and 

 turns well, and takes good polish. 



Weight about 49 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Simarupa (Picrcena officinalis), which grows in Northern 

 Brazil as well as in Guiana and the West India Islands, 

 is called Maruba and Acajou blanc in Guadaloupe. It is a 

 most useful wood for partitions and other inside work, 

 resists the attacks of wood ants and other insects, but will 

 not stand exposure to weather ; the colour is a light 

 yellow ; it saws and planes well, takes good polish, and is 

 cheap and plentiful in Guiana and may be had in logs up 

 to 2 ft. square. It is a similar timber to, and scarcely 

 distinguishable from, the very bitter quassia or Bitterwood 

 (P. excelsa) from which the so-called bitter cups are made. 



Weight about 30 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



