THE TIMBERS OF .RCE 



Scale of Measurement for the Breadth of the Rays 

 and of the Soft-tissue when the latter is 

 arranged in lines (after Nb'rdlinger). 



EXAMPLES. 



i jrulosa. 



2 



2 -3 



3 nA, Maple, Holly, Ea 



3-4 h Cherry, Walnv. 



4 (more, Elder, Sat! iobinia), Teak. 

 .r, Apple, Canary 



5 h (English or Anv e, Persimmon, Jarrah. 

 5-6 \vood, Padouk Blue Gum. 



.ostnut, Ligmim-vitae, Horse Chestnut, Black 

 Poplar, Willow. 



Scale of Measurement for the Size of the Pores. 



SIZE. EXAMPLES. 



00 (Actinidia arguta). i 



(Ruyschia clusiaefolia). V Rarely needed. 



1 Australian Red Cedar. I 

 1-2 Oak, Padouk, Jarrah, Karri. 



2 Chestnut, Common Elm, Walnut (English or American). 



Brazil. Rosewood, Ash, Teak. 

 Bank?; ia Mahogany. . 



American Birch, Lignum-vitae, Blue Gum. 

 Laburnum. 

 4 Sycamore, Soft Maple, Black Poplar, Acacia, Willow, 



Lancewood, Persimmon, Satin Walnut, 

 rnel, Red Cedar (Australian). 



Alder, Beech, Olive, Pear, Apple, Elder, Canary, Plane. 

 5-6 West Indian Bi 



Boxwood (Turkish), Korse Chestnut. 

 Holly. 



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