182 THE USES OF PLANTS. 



especially for ' bands ' and ' strings ' and in Tunbridge 

 ware ; and, since it takes stains readily, it is also used 

 for imitating ebony. 



SYCAMORE (Acer Pseudo-platanus, L.), known as 

 4 Plane 3 in Scotland, is a white wood, considerably 

 employed in turnery, for bread-platters, butter-moulds, 

 etc. ; but the true PLANE (Platanus occidentalis, L.) of 

 America, there known as BUTTON-WOOD, LACE- 

 WOOD, or HONEYSUCKLE-WOOD, is prettily figured, 

 and is coming into use for furniture and veneering. 



POPLAR, WHITE, YELLOW, or VIRGINIAN POPLAR, 

 WHITEWOOD, or CANARY WHITEWOOD, are com- 

 mercial names for the wood of the TULIP - TREE 

 (Liriodendron tulipifera, L.) of the United States, 

 now coming into extensive use in carriage-building, 

 cabinet-making, and shop-fitting. 



SWISS PINE is similarly the trade name for the 

 wood of the SILVER FIR (Abies pectinata, DC.) ; the 

 most sonorous of woods, which is imported from the 

 Continent for the bellies of violins and the sounding- 

 boards of pianos. 



The Colonial and Indian Exhibition has called 

 attention to various useful woods of this class, such 

 as Cedrela Toona, Roxb., the TOON of India, THIT- 

 KADO of Burma, MOULMEIN CEDAR, or INDIAN 

 MAHOGANY of commerce ; PORCUPINE-WOOD, that 

 of the COCOANUT PALM (Cocos nucifera, L.) used in 

 inlaying; INDIAN ROSEWOOD (Dalbergia latifolia, 

 Roxb.) ; and especially Pterocarpus indicus, Willd., 

 the PADOUK, ANDAMAN REDWOOD, or BURMESE 

 ROSEWOOD, a handsome dark-red wood among Indian 

 timbers ; the MlRABOO (Afzelia palembanicd]^ RASSAK 



