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ELM (Wych) continued. 



Prices. About the same as for English Elm. But in 

 some parts of the country 2d. or 3d. a foot extra can 

 be obtained, especially for young Wych Elm. 



BEECH : 



Uses. Furniture, and especially the legs and backs of 

 wooden chairs, piano making, backs of hair brushes, 

 boot and shoe trees, plane boxes, and other carpenters' 

 tools. Keels of ships (sometimes). Frames of butter 

 churns, cider presses. It lasts well under water and 

 is used for planking (under water). 



Prices. These are very variable. Usually lod. to is. 4d. 

 for butts 21 inches quarter girth and over; and 

 5d. to /d. for trees under 12 inches quarter girth 

 and tops. But if near a chair factory or other manu- 

 facturing centre, up to 2s. a foot may be expected for 

 large good butts, and is. to is. 6d. for smaller 

 trees. 



NORWAY MAPLE AND SYCAMORE : 



Uses. Furniture, dairy utensils, bread-platters, and, 



generally, for turning toys, reels, etc. 



Large girthed clean butts have a special value as 



rollers in calico mills; but they must be over 18 



inches quarter girth. 

 Prices. lod. to is. 4d. a foot for fairly large timber, 



5d. to lod. for small timber. If large enough for 



mill rollers, 33. to 55. a foot. 



POPLARS (Black and Black Italian and White): 



Uses. Packing cases, bottoms and sides of carts, brake 

 blocks for railway and other carriages, floor boards. 

 It is the least inflammable of any wood. It makes 

 excellent pulp wood. 



Black and Black Italian Poplar have a special use 

 for butter boxes or cases, as their timber is the least 

 odorous of any timber. 



