150 TIMBER 



the West Indies, and several thousand tons are exported 

 annually from Jamaica. 



Weight up to 46 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Waterwood (Chimarrhis cymosa) is a valuable joiners' 

 wood, the produce of a tree 50 to (50 ft. high, found in St. 

 Vincent. In Dominica the same timber goes by the name 

 of Bois Biviere. 



Fiddlewood of Barbados (Citharexyliun melanocardium) 

 is much used for carpentry and wheelwrights' work, also 

 for posts, etc. It is light brown in colour. 



Dogwood of Grenada and Jamaica (Piacidia erythrina) is 

 used chiefly in building. The tree is only 15 to 30 ft. high. 

 Weight about 56 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Galaba, the Galba of Trinidad (Calophyllum calaba), also 

 known as Santa Maria, is an excellent and durable timber 

 of pale reddish colour, which has few knots, is fairly hard, and 

 does not shrink or split much in seasoning. It is easily 

 worked, and may be considered a fair substitute for the 

 plainest Honduras or Mexican cedar. It stands exposure 

 to weather very well, and has been used in English ships 

 for beams and planking. This timber is also found in 

 Honduras and Central America. 



Weight 54 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Sabicu (Acacia for mosa) is found in Cuba and other W 7 est 

 Indian islands. It somewhat resembles mahogany, is of a 

 dark chestnut colour, and is easily mistaken for it, but is 

 darker and often well figured. Close in grain, it stands the 

 weather very well. It may be got in lengths of 30 to 40 ft. 

 and up to 36 inches square. Used for shipbuilding in Cuba, 

 but is not suitable for engineering work, as the fibres of the 

 timber are often broken during the early stages of the 



