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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



aniboyna, American poplar, American white-oak, balsam, 

 bird's-eye niaj)le, black ebony, black walnut, boxwood, 

 cherry, Circassian walnut, curly birch, East Indian mahog- 

 any, English oak, freak ebony, French beryl, Georgia pine 

 knots, (ieorgia heart pine, hazel, Honduras maple, Hun- 

 garian beryl, laurel from Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, 

 palmetto of Venezuela, petrified hickory, red gum, rose- 

 wood, San Domingo mahogany, satinwood, lulip, vermil- 

 ion of Asia, white holly, wild coffee of Isle of Jamaica, 

 white mahogany, Zanzibar blue, thorn and Bahama ma- 

 hogany. 



A minute inspection of the picture shows many inter- 

 esting details. All the lines, shadows, shadings, and color- 

 ing of every kind, is secured by carefully selected wood. 

 Taking the figure of the boy first, the hat is formed of 

 satinwood, hazel and white holly; the hair of African 

 mahogany ; eyes, white holly, French beryl and black eb- 

 ony ; eyelids, eyebrows and shade lines, hazel : nostrils and 



interior of ears, red gum ; lips, tulip ; teeth, white holly ; 

 line forming chin, rosewood ; face, white holly ; jumper 

 or shirt, Hungarian beryl and ash ; buttons, end-grain of 

 boxwood ; tear on right shoulder, ebony ; interior of arm- 

 hole, sleeve bottom, dark beryl ; undershirt sleeve at right 

 wrist, white holly ; hand and worm can, white holly ; shad- 

 ing of worm can, dark birch ; overalls, curly birch ; sus- 

 penders, mahogany ; buttons, black ebony ; patch, maple, 

 beryl, white holly, vermilion ; parting lines to form two 

 legs, ebony ; feet and toes, white holly and ebony ; fish- 

 ing rod, thorn with light tulip in end ; fishing line, Hon- 

 duras maple ; fishing float, light tulip and Honduras ; 

 fishing hook, cut in with ebony dust ; fishing stick in float, 

 rosewood. 



In the dog, the nose and all shading, including mouth 

 are of ebony ; eye of boxwood and balsam ; body, legs 

 and tail, beryl, Circassian, ebony. The path or footing 

 for boy and dog is natural freak ebony ; stump at dog's 



THE WOODEN PAINTING 

 Wood in natural colors was the only paint used by the artist in making this picture and it took thirty-seven varieties. 



