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of the 27 different species demanded. More white pine, cucumber, 

 and buckeye was reported by this industry than any other, and the 

 second largest amount of all the cypress, sweet birch and basswood, 

 used in the State went to these factories. It is logical that sash and 

 doors should be extensively manufactured in Virginia as suitable woods 

 for making them grow plentifully in this and adjacent States. For 

 doors, loblolly and shortleaf pine, longleaf pine, cypress, red oak, and 

 white oak, chestnut, white pine and mahogany were most largely 

 demanded. The North Carolina door as it is called by the trade is 

 made from loblolly and shortleaf pine cut in Virginia and North 

 Carolina. It forms commercially one of the most important articles 

 of commerce produced by Virginia factories. These doors find a market 

 in many States besides supplying a large foreign demand. The prin- 

 cipal sash woods, both for stock sash and for specially designed work, 

 such as store fronts, were white and loblolly pine. Much of the white 

 pine: was State grown and only a small part of the imported wood 

 came from the white pine regions of the Lake States. Other species, 

 including hardwoods, also served for making sash, and among them 

 sugar pine grown in California. Sugar pine resembles white pine and 

 has many uses in common with it. 



Outside finish was extensively worked from loblolly and shortleaf 

 pine because most convenient. These pines, especially the second 

 growth, have less resin and are therefore better for holding paint. 

 Yellow poplar, cypress, white pine, cucumber, and basswood were also 

 contributors in this line and possibly are the best qualified of all eastern 

 woods for exterior work. Douglas fir, the second Pacific Coast wood 

 appearing in this industry, also served for outside work, but was re- 

 ported in only small quantities. Its suitability for this purpose is 

 shown by the quantity of it going into exterior building construction 

 in the western and central States. 



The hardwoods met a large demand for interior trim, such as 

 mouldings, wainscoting, stairways, mantels, and colonnades. As 

 would naturally be supposed, the Virginia oaks contributed the largest 

 part of the material, with chestnut second. Sweet birch was the third 

 important hardwood and all but a very limited quantity came from the 

 Lake States. The other cabinet woods were red gum, sugar maple, 

 mahogany, sycamore, ash, walnut, and cherry. For painted work in- 

 side, yellow poplar was probably most generally used, though buck- 

 eye in the western part of the State served with it. Loblolly pine and 

 cypress constituted the largest supply of the softwoods for interior 

 trim. The prominent attractive grain of these woods allows them to 

 be used, varnished and finished in the natural. The largest part of 



