OUR VANISHING FORESTS 



growing scarcity of really fine hardwoods, an inex- 

 pensive frame coated with thin sheets of handsomely 

 grained veneer. Our best native woods for furniture 

 making are white oak, hard maple and black walnut. 

 Mahogany does not grow in the United States, nor 

 does the beautiful Circassian walnut, but they are 



The old Washington Homestead at Mount Vernon stands today as a 

 proof of the durability of wood. 



both cleverly imitated. Southern red gum and even 

 California redwood, the wood of the world's largest 

 trees, masquerade as mahogany, while in the cheap- 

 est furniture ordinary birch pretends to South 

 African origin. 



