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It is also imported from the Black Sea and from 

 France, English-grown wood being pale, coarse, and 

 inferior. Burrs or excrescences frequently occur on 

 the trees, which yield mottled wood much valued for 

 veneers for pianos and other furniture. AMERICAN 

 WALNUT (/. nigra, L.), a more durable but more 

 monotonous and duller wood, is now more used than 

 /. regia for cabinet-work. 



ASH (F raxinus excelsior , L.),much used in carriage- 

 building, is now also largely superseded for coach- 

 panels, cabinet-drawers, and furniture by the AMERI- 

 CAN, QUEBEC, or WHITE ASH (F. americana, L.). 



BIRD'S-EYE MAPLE (Acer saccharinum, Wang.), a 

 spotted variety, is considerably imported as veneers 

 from the New England States. BOG MAPLE is the 

 same wood turned pale blue from being buried in 

 peat. 



SATIN-WOOD (Chloroxylon Swietenia, DC.), imported 

 from Nassau, in the Bahamas, is one of our most 

 beautiful but scarcest furniture-woods. 



CUBA, HONDURAS, or MEXICAN CEDAR (Cedrela 

 odorata, L.) is not a coniferous tree. It is used for 

 cigar-boxes and the interior of natural history cabi- 

 nets, its odour being obnoxious to insects. 



PENCIL CEDAR, the similarly-coloured woods of 

 Juniperus virginiana, L., and J. bermudiana, L. are 

 now only used for lead-pencils. 



ELM (Ulmus campestris, With., and U. montana, 

 Sm.), once used for linen-chests, is now little employed 

 save for coffins. Its burrs are, however, very orna- 

 mental. 



HOLLY (Ilex Aquifolium, L.) is used for inlaying, 



