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Common name. Botanical name. 

 Palma-brava Corypha sp. 



Supa 



Sindora sp. 



Tindalo 



Tangili 



Afzelia 

 rhomboidia 



Cluytia sp. 



Zacal 



Hopea sp. 



Tucancola or Aglaia 

 Tineal 



THE FORESTER. 



Description. 



A species of palm which grows to 

 great height. The heart yields a 

 black wood, which is practically in- 

 destructible under water. It is largely 

 used by carriage makers in Manila 

 on account of its great flexibility. 



A wood very similar to Ypil and 

 having many of its qualities but gen- 

 erally whiter in color. It can be ob- 

 tained in logs 50 feet long by 28 

 inches. It produces an oil. It pol- 

 ishes well and is useful for furniture, 

 house furnishings and general car- 

 pentry. 



A dark red wood which becomes 

 black with age. It is used for many 

 purposes, particularly for making fur- 

 niture, as it takes a high polish. 



A useful wood for general pur- 

 poses. It is used by the natives of 

 some of the islands for making 

 canoes or dug-outs. It has the draw- 

 back of being susceptible of attack 

 from white ants. 



Can be obtained in logs 50 feet 

 long by 24 inches square. It is often 

 substituted for Molave. Has great 

 strength and tenacity, is much used 

 for both house and ship building. It 

 completely resists the attack of white 

 ants. 



Obtainable in logs up to 30 feet 

 long by 20 inches square. Of super- 

 ior grain and marking. Adapted for 

 fine carpentry work of all kinds. 



February, 



Localities where found. 

 Grows in nearly all the 

 provinces of Luzon and 

 all the islands of the 

 Archipelago. 



In Mindoro and some of 

 the other islands. 



Provinces : Ilocos, Ba- 

 taan, Bulacan, Cavite, 

 Batangas, Camarines. 



Islands : Masbate, Min- 

 doro, Romblon, Panay, 

 Negros. 



Provinces : Zambales, 

 Bataan, Morong, Laguna, 

 Tayabas. 



Islands : Mindoro, Min- 

 danao. 



Provinces : Cagayan, 

 Pangasinan, Zambales, 

 Morong, Bulacan, Taya- 

 bas. 



Islands : Mindoro, Sa- 

 mar, Negros, Mindanao. 



Provinces : Cagayan, 

 Zambales, Tayabas, Prin- 

 cipe, Bataan, Camarines, 

 Albay. 



Islands : Mindoro, Min- 

 danao, Romblon, Negros. 



The above list of timber-producing trees 

 is intended merely to supply its modicum 

 of information until more complete data 

 may be available. 



A forestry bureau was established in 

 Manila, in April, 1900, and Capt. George 

 P. Ahern, U. S. A., has been placed in 

 charge of it. He is an officer of excellent 

 administrative ability, who will without 

 doubt replace the inefficient Spanish forest 

 management with a practical and scientific 

 system of forestry regulations. 



In a recent report he states that in his 

 office a work is being compiled describing 

 about fifty of the most important tree spe- 

 cies, with colored illustrations of the fruit, 

 flower and leaf of each species, which 

 will be of great value to American bot- 

 anists and lumbermen, and will of course 

 contain fuller details than I was able to 



gather in the short time I could spare from 

 other engrossing duties. 



In the Zambales mountains, Benguet 

 and other elevated regions there are forests 

 of coniferae, but the timber is fit for noth- 

 ing but firewood, as if used for any pur- 

 pose of construction in lower altitudes it 

 would serve merely as food for white ants. 

 For the same reason the North American 

 Pine and Douglas Fir of the Pacific slope 

 is worthless as building material in these 

 islands, and although large quantities have 

 been recently used by the United States 

 military authorities in the construction of 

 stables and warehouses, this can be con- 

 sidered only as an emergency expedient 

 of the most temporary character as the 

 buildings will doubtless be destroyed 

 within a year or two. 



One great obstacle to immediate sue- 





