THE TIMBER:- CE 



.lit brown, greyish- brown, checked into elongated 

 outer surface of whicl> flake off in irregular, friable 

 or in " thin strips " (37). 



Durable, strong . . . opinions differ as to its 



. . spars, hurch fittings, houses, works of con- 



ips, sleepers, interiors . . . tough : shrinks " (49). 



in the earth ... a paving wood of the first order " 



Cat. Conif., p. 95. Nordlinger (86), vol. 



fo). P- 373- Stevenson (113). Hough (49), 



- (51). Petsche (92), p. no. Wiesner 



>us colour and lighter 



1 " (49)- 



. Transverse section (con i 2 4 2 )-. 



Pores. Present as resin-cr - > j \v : generally 



isolated: size 2: usv ntj-^ells, and on 



. 



ng, short, rapidly 

 .-> rare if any. 



: 'usly mar i dark firm belt of Autumn 



mere line, but always a bold contrast, the 



: "ing sharply cut off from both the Summer and 



)f the Spring very coarse : that of the 

 ;e and filled with resin. 



Scarcely distinguishable with the 

 -olid. 



' lighter in shade than the Transverse 

 l i a<li!y visible : cloudy and indefinite rather than 

 littl< 'dency to collect the dust. Rays readily 

 'cuons. dull brown flakes. Rings very 

 ;umn wood sharply separated. 

 As the Radial. The rings appear as sharp 

 fringes. The rays need microscope: v. 

 see : about O'l mm. high. 



commercial sources checked by the sec- 

 llinger, and by .the specimens in the 

 ;. K 



CLUSTER PINE. Pinus Pinaster. Soland. 

 Bess, or Loud.) 

 v ' . : . FIG. 137. 



. Maritim* ; .. Se ' 



