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POPLARS continued. 



Prices. If near a good market, 8d. to is. 3d. But 

 ordinarily, 6d. to pd. In London large butts fetch 

 from is. 3d. to is. 6d. As a rule the Black Poplars are 

 worth id. to 2d. a foot more than the White Poplar. 



The Lombardy Poplar is of little value, and is 

 usually a drug on the market at 3d. a foot. 



TREE WILLOWS : 



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

 boards, charcoal for gunpowder, toy making. There 

 is a special market for cricket bats, for which pur- 

 pose the " close-barked " trees x are the best. 

 Prices. 6d. to lod. a foot. 



But if suitable for cricket bats, up to 73. a foot may 

 be obtained. 



HORNBEAM : 



Uses. Cog-wheels and other woodwork in machinery, 

 pulley blocks, wooden screws and nails, turnery, and 

 various minor purposes. The wood is very hard. 

 Prices. lod. to is. 3d. 



LIME : 



Uses. Piano sounding boards, cabinet work, turnery, 



packing cases, leather cutting boards. 

 Prices. pd. to is. 3d. 



Occasionally a big price is obtained for special 

 butts in a special market. 



WALNUT : 



Uses. Furniture, carving, gun stocks. 



Note. Most of the walnut used is of foreign origin ; and 

 English-grown timber is not easily saleable at a good price. 

 Gun stocks are imported roughly shaped, and home-grown 

 timber cannot compete with them ; but home-grown timber 

 should sell readily for furniture. 



Walnut " Burrs," are very valuable, and are cut 

 into veneers. This trade, however, is almost entirely 

 confined to France. 



Vide Chapter XV. 



