ARGENTINE TIMBEBS 139 



Pao d'Oleo (Copaifera guianensis), used for furniture and 

 sleepers, as well as in general construction and in the 

 extraction of copaiba oil. Also for yards and masts of 

 ships. Ked in colour. 



Weight 56 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



In Parana to the south there are extensive forests of 

 Araucaria (A. brasiliensis), called Brazilian pine, somewhat 

 akin to the Chili Pine (A. imbricata) or Monkey Puzzle of 

 English lawns. It produces a valuable timber, fruit, and 

 turpentine, but is not yet a commercial commodity. 



The difficulty in describing the timbers of Brazil is that 

 the same wood is known by different names in different 

 districts ; as an engineer from the East says of their 

 timber, " the spelling is a matter of taste," and another 

 English engineer in Uruguay speaks of the Brazilian hard- 

 woods " whose names can neither be spelt nor pro- 

 nounced "; the same timber, too, goes under different 

 names in the Argentine, Paraguay, and Bolivia from that 

 by which it is known in Brazil. The botanical names are 

 also very uncertain. 



AEGENTINE TIMBERS. 



Quebracho Lapacho Guayacan Curupay Urunday Palo Blanco 

 Pacara Quina Quina Horco Cevil Horco Molle Cuhucho 

 Tatane Tarco Eoble del Pais Tipa Colorado Algarrobo 

 Mistol Cedro - Nogal Lanza Naiidubay Palo Cruz 

 Strength of Argentine Timber Paraguayan and Bolivian 

 Timber. 



One of the characteristic features of the trees of 

 Argentina is their small stature and large diameter ; not 

 many of them grow to a greater height than 30 ft., and 

 the majority do not reach this, so one of the drawbacks 

 to the many excellent timbers which this part of the 



