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near Worcester has been constructed with this timber, 

 chiefly as an experiment. Suitable for " launders ' ' or shoots, 

 it must, however, be cut at the right time, when the fruit 

 is ripe. 



Weight from 29 to 37 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Olivewood (Oha verrucosa) is largely used up country for 

 posts, wagon-building, and other purposes. 

 Weight 68 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Stinkwood(0cofca bullata) , sometimes called Cape mahogany 

 or Cape walnut, is another important South African tree, 

 growing from Cape Colony to Zululand. It is an ever- 

 green, 60 to 90 ft. high and 3 to 5 ft. diameter, and a fairly 

 quick-growing tree. The wood is of a dark brown colour 

 resembling dark walnut, heavy, hard and strong, fairly 

 elastic, tough and durable in contact with ground. It makes 

 handsome furniture, but is chiefly used for planks, beams, 

 doors and windows, railway sleepers, and for all kinds of 

 wagon-building except the spokes. 



Weight 53 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Eed Els or Elder (Cunonia capensis) somewhat resembles 

 red birch, and is used for posts, palings, wagons, and 

 ordinary carpentry, and is excellent for turning. White 

 Els (Platylophus trifoliatus) is used for palings, posts, and 

 general farm work. 



Weight of Red Els about 46 Ibs. and White Els 38 Ibs. 

 per cubic foot. 



Cape Ash or Essenhout (Eckebergia capensis), a tough and 

 useful timber, not unlike elm and close grained, is used for 

 common floors, sides of wagons, and occasionally for 

 furniture. It grows in Cape Colony and Natal and can be 

 got in logs up to 18 inches square. 



Weight 48 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



