THE USES OF WOOD 



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THE KITCHEN CABINET 



from brown to yel- 

 low. 



Eucalyptus is an 

 Australian wood and 

 there are more than 

 150 species in that 

 country. One with 

 rich, red color is 

 liked best for furni- 

 ture. Planted euca- 

 lyptus trees flourish 

 in California and 

 Florida. 



Rosewood is im- 

 ported from Brazil 

 principally, but 

 woods of the same 



Kitchen and pantry furniture is frequently name an( J similar ap- 

 made of such softwoods as pine, spruce, cedar, r 



and cypress, though a number of the hard^ pea rance, but of dlf- 



woods serve equally well where frequent "-"' ' "" v " ~* 



scrubbings are necessary. Among such hard- f eren t species, are 

 woods are gum, Cottonwood, tupelo, beech, r > 



yellow poplar and elm. They are rated as cut j n many COUn- 

 sanitary woods because they have small > 



pores. tries. The name is 



due to the wood's odor and not to its color which ranges 

 from black to purplish brown. 



Ebony belongs to the same family as persimmon, and I 

 there are numerous species in many countries, and the 

 woods are of various colors. The black ebonies are 

 most popular, and most people suppose that all ebonies 

 are black. The supplies coming to the United States 

 factories are procured in India, Ceylon, and Madagascar. 



Spanish cedar's 

 name indicates that 

 it is a softwood, 

 but the tree bears 

 broad leaves, and 

 according to the 

 general definition, 

 it is a hardwood. 

 Its home is in the 

 West Indies and 

 Mexico. It is so 

 soft that when 

 used as furniutre it 

 must be protected 

 against chafing or it 

 will scratch badly. 

 Teak is an East 

 India wood, hand- 

 some in color, and 

 about as hard and 

 heavy as oak. 

 When freshly cut, 

 it emits an offen- 

 sive odor, but that 

 is not noticed when 



THE CHILD'S TABLE CHAIR ^ w(Jod hag befin 



Wood is preferred above all other materials 

 for children's chairs. It is not so hard, seasoned. 

 rigid, heavy, or cold as metal, and it is - 



sanitary, substantial and handsome. It may Among the for- 



be finished plain, without paint or varnish, if 



so desired, or it may be enameled a clean, eiffn hardwoods in- 

 beautiful white as in the illustration. 6 



eluded under mis- 

 cellaneous in the 

 foregoing table are 

 African walnut, 

 hazelwood, English 

 oak, amaranth, 

 Madagascar tulip, 

 Australian plum- 

 wood, marblewood, 

 and tonquin. 



Oak is king of 

 the domestic furni- 

 ture woods. In 



. . Several patterns of chairs, and articles of other 



amount USeu, It kinds, require bent-wood in their construction, 



< , .. and the manufacture of furniture of that class 



nearly equals all amounts almost to the dignity of a separate 



,11 , industry. The wood is prepared for bending by 



Otuer domestic first being rendered soft and pliable by a bath 



hi 1 of hot steam. 



a r d woods com- 

 bined. Red gum is second to oak in quantity going into 

 furniture in this country. Probably two hundred species 

 of American hardwoods find places as material for furni- 

 ture, though no list contains the names of that many. Sta- 



BENT-WOOD FURNITURE 



WHEN NATURE DOES HER WORK 



The finest furniture stuff comes from hardwood forests similar to the 

 one shown above. The hardwoods are the hardwood trees, like walnut, 

 gum, maple, birch, Cottonwood, and yellow poplar and more than 400 

 others in the forests of the United States. The scene represented in 

 the above picture is in Wisconsin. 



