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door-posts. A dye was formerly extracted from it. Ked 

 sanders is a very pretty tree with dense foliage. 

 Weight 70 Ibs. and over per cubic foot. 



Mysore Sandalwood (Santalum album) is a small evergreen. 

 The wood is exported both in small round billets about 3 ft. 

 long and 5 or 6 inches in diameter and in roots and chips. 

 The best quality sells at about sevenpence per pound. The 

 sapwood, of which there is little, is light in colour ; the 

 heartwood is of a brownish tint and is hard, and has a 

 very fine, even grain. Sandalwood is of the natural order 

 of santalacse, natives of the East Indies and tropical 

 islands of the Indian Archipelago, of which the common 

 kind is this white sandalwood, very suitable for and a 

 good deal used in workboxes, desks, and small ornaments ; 

 it is much appreciated for preserving natural history 

 specimens, as its fragrance is fatal to insects. Other 

 species are found in the Sandwich and Fiji Islands and 

 New Caledonia and are now brought into commerce, and 

 much of it is the produce of S. cygnornm of Western 

 Australia (which see). There is a large export to China, 

 where it is used for carvings, joss sticks, etc. The 

 deeper the colour of the wood and the nearer the root the 

 better the perfume obtained from the oil, which is extracted 

 from the heartwood and root and which forms the 

 basis of many perfumes. The annual rings are distinct, 

 the medullary rays fine. There is a Burmese sandalwood 

 called kalamet which is not yet an article of commerce. 



Weight 56 to 63 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Vengai (Pterocarpus marsupiuni), a large deciduous tree, 

 is after teak and blackwood one of the most important 

 trees of Southern India. The wood is durable, seasons 

 well, and takes a fine polish, and the heartwood is full of 



