THE TIMBERS OF COMMERCE 



of the West Coast. Furniture, mantles, handles and interior 

 finishing " (65). " One of the commonest and best of our decidu- 

 ous woods (Vancouver) : very straight and tall : the bird's-eye 

 figure is very beautiful" (2). "Turned work, tool-handles and 

 furniture " (49). " Much better than the wood of the soft Maple : 

 much of it is curly" (65). 



Authorities. Macoun (66), p. 98. Ditto (65), p. 20. Laslett 

 (60), p. 183. J. R. Anderson (2), p. 13. Hough (49), pt. VII. , 

 p. 24. Boulger (12), p. 445. Sargent (100), p. 47. 



Colour. "Reddish-brown with lighter whitish sap-wood" 

 (49-100). 



Anatomical Characters. As those of Acer saccharinum, with 

 the following variations : 



Pores. Appear white under the lens when cut in transverse 

 section (in the Heart- wood only). 



Rays. Only just discernible to good sight : size 4, and 4-7 

 per mm. 



Type specimens authenticated by Hough. 



No. 50. TAAIBOSCH. Rhus lucida. Linn. 

 (Not of Ait., or E. Mey.). 



Natural Order. Anacardiaceae. 



The native name is also applied to Rhus laevigata, Linn. 



Physical Characters, etc. Recorded dry-weight 38! Ibs. per 

 cu. ft. Hardness Grade 3, compare Maple. Taste or smell 

 none. Burns well with a faint aroma, embers glow dully in 

 still air, much ash. Solution brown, deepening very consider- 

 ably upon the addition of potash ; no ppt. 



Grain. Fine, compact and sinuous : surface bright. 



Bark. Light brown : not very rough : of one layer, separ- 

 ating in very small, rounded scales : brown internally and 

 filled with hard, white rod-like bodies. 



An easy wood to work. 



Authorities. Nordlinger (86), vol. iv. p. 21. 



Colour. Heart-wood of irregular contour : yellowish to red- 

 dish-brown, with occasional dark bands : well defined from the 

 light-brown : i-if inches of light brown sap-wood. 



Anatomical Characters. Transverse section : 



Pores. Just visible (readily in the black zones), size 3-4, 

 uniform : evenly scattered, rather fewer in the outer side of the 

 ring : some single, but more subdivided pairs and threes (or 

 more) radially disposed between the rays : a tendency to 

 oblique rows : few, 20-40 per sq. mm. 



Rays. Need lens, size 5-6, uniform : equidistant, a pore- 



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