~24i THE WORK OF THE FOREST DEPARTMENT IN INDIA. 



Michelia excelsa, Bl. Safed champ. A large tree of the Eastern 

 Himalaya at 5 8,000 ft. Wood olive-brown, soft, glossy, very durable, 

 used for planking, door and window frames, furniture, carving and 

 turning. Fully utilized where accessible. 



Pentacme suavis, A. DC. Ingyin. A large tree found throughout 

 Burma, growing gregariously in so-called " indaing " forest. Wood 

 brown, hard, very strong and durable, used for house-building, bridges, 

 piles, boats, carts, wheels, agricultural implements and other purposes. 

 Fully utilized in accessible localities. 



Picea Morinda, Link. The Himalayan spruce. A tall evergreen 

 conifer of the Himalaya at 7 11,000 ft. Wood white, sometimes red- 

 dish or brownish in the centre in large trees, soft, not very durable, used 

 for planking, packing cases and general carpentry. Has been found 

 very suitable for matches and also for wood-pulp, its fibres being longer 

 than those of any other spruce known. The timber is available in large 

 quantities in the Himalayan forests, and it is only the cost of extraction 

 which prevents its being more extensively utilized. Very large quan- 

 tities available in localities which at present are more or less inacces- 

 sible. 



Pinus excelsa, Wall. The blue pine, kail. A large evergreen coni- 

 fer of the Himalaya at 6 12,500 ft. Wood pink, moderately hard, 

 of good quality, used for building, boats, furniture and general car- 

 pentry. After antiseptic treatment this timber possesses all the quali- 

 ties necessary for good railway sleepers : the quantities available are 

 however not very large and the timber is so valuable for general pur- 

 poses that its use as a sleeper wood on a large scale is problematical. 



Pinus longifolia, Roxb. The long-needled pine, chir. A large 

 - conifer of the Himalaya and Siwalik hills at 1,500 to 7,500 ft. Wood 

 light reddish brown, moderately hard, used for building, common furni- 

 ture, tea-boxes, boats and general carpentry. Is now being utilized on 

 a fairly large scale for sleepers after antiseptic treatment. The wood is 

 available in large quantities. The resin of this species is now exten- 

 sively tapped in the United Provinces and the Punjab for the manufac- 

 ture of rosin and turpentine. 



Pterocarpus dalbergioides, Roxb. Andaman padauk or redwood. 

 A large tree of the Andamans, yielding a valuable ornamental moder- 

 ately hard wood of a deep rich red colour. Andaman padauk is largely 

 used for panelling, house-fittings, ornamental furniture and cabinet- 

 work, billiard-tables, pianos, railway carriage fittings, carving and 

 other ornamental work, as well as for wheels, boat-building and other 

 purposes. This wood has for some years past been exported to Europe 

 and America, and with the development of forest extraction in the 

 Andamans it will be available in larger quantity in future. 



