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Evergreen Oak (alias " Holm Oak," which see). The tendency of 

 oaks as they travel south or to the sub-tropical climes of the 

 Northern Hemisphere is to retain their leaves through the 

 winter or to become evergreens, and to diminish from forest 

 trees to shrubs. 



Ex Quay. A term signifying that the seller agrees to sell the 

 goods to the buyer as on the quay at bill-of-lading destina- 

 tion. 



Ex Ship. The name applied to the system of selling goods de- 

 livered from ship's side, under which the vendor pays the 

 freight to the port of discharge and the purchaser the land- 

 ing and other charges. 



Excelsior. The American term for wood wool. 



Excrescence. A growth on any part of a living tree ; an abnor- 

 mal enlargement like a wart or tumour. In the instance of 

 felled or dead trees, or the wood coming into the hands of a 

 timber-manipulator, it is invariably termed a " Burr " 

 (which see). 



Exfoliate and Exfoliation. To separate, or separating in itself, as 

 in laminated or flakey matter scaling off. The outer bark 

 of birch-trees and plane-trees, periodically shedding the outer 

 layer of their barks, offer arboreous examples of this 

 terminology. 



Exogens. A vegetable class which augment their woody matter 

 by additions to the outside of that which is first formed. In 

 exogenous trees the medullary rays radiate from the medulla 

 (the pith or marrow of a tree) to the bark. These rays are 

 not as a rule apparent to the naked eye and are said there- 

 fore to be " obscure," the exceptions being mainly oaks, 

 beeches and planes. 



Export. Allied to " bearing " or " carrying " to convey or 

 transport goods from one country to another, the goods them- 

 selves in a collective sense being " exports." 



Exporter. A person who exports or sends goods away to markets 

 in distant countries. 



Eye Tree or D. The head of the handle of a spade. 



