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Brazil Wood, Lima Wood, (Peach Wood) Sappan Wood 

 These materials, which all contain the same dye, " brazilin," are derived from a number 

 of species of Caesalpinia ; thus Brazil wood is yielded by C. crista or C. brasiliensis, and is 

 obtained principally from Brazil, Mexico, and Jamaica. Peach wood ! is derived from 

 C. echinata in Mexico, and sappan wood from C. sappan, which is found in China, Japan, 

 and the East Indies. The woods are applied in dyeing much in the same way as logwood, 

 being as a rule first converted into extracts'. 



Camwood, Barwood, and Red Sanders (or Sandal) Wood 



These three red woods possess very similar tinctorial properties: Red sanders wood is 



derived from an Indian tree, Pterocarpus santalinus ; barwood from a West African tree, Baphia 



nitida, common in Sierra Leone ; and camwood is either identical with barwood or is'from a 



closely related tree. They are usually imported as coarse powders produced by rasping. 



YELLOW DYE-STUFFS 



Old Fustic 

 This is obtained from Moms tinctoria, which occurs widely distributed in the East Indies, 

 Central and Southern America, and the West Indies. The wood is hard, of a bright yellow 

 colour, with a somewhat reddish tint, and comes into commerce in blocks weighing about 

 one cwt. The best qualities come from Nicaragua, Cuba, and Jamaica, and medium kinds 

 from Mexico and Venezuela. For dyeing purposes the wood is converted into extract by a 

 process similar to that used with logwood. " Old fustic " contains two dyes, morin and 

 maclnrin. It is principally used by the dyer for shading blacks and browns .as described 

 under logwood. 



By permission of Messrs. W. Ransom & Sons, Hitch 



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