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Japanese oak, plain (Siberian oak). Japan; Siberia. 



Of total amount of plain Japanese oak manufactured 16.3 per cent 

 used in this industry. 



Flat-top desks ; furniture ; interior work ; panels ; posts ; table legs. 



Strong, beautiful grain, cheaper than the same grades of white oak, 

 takes fume, colors evenly, easily worked. 



Rough, common to clear, 1 to 2 inches thick. 



By-products : short cuttings and strips used in chairs and tabourets. 

 Japanese oak, quarter-sawed (Siberian oak). Japan; Siberia. 



Of total amount of quartered Japanese oak manufactured 34.9 per 

 cent used in this industry. 



Furniture ; library table legs ; table tops. 



Properties same as those of plain Japanese oak. 



Rough, first and second grades, 1 to 2 inches thick. 



Library table legs : 5,000 square feet of veneer, inch thick, used. 

 Lawson cypress (white cedar, Port Orford cedar) . Oregon ; Washington. 



Of total amount of cypress manufactured 2.9 per cent used in this 

 industry. 



Chests ; closet fittings ; drawer sides and bottoms ; enameled furniture ; 

 linen closets. 



Soft, aromatic, strong odor repellent to insects, clean appearing, 

 takes good finish, especially for enameling. 



Rough, clear and select, 1 to 1J inches thick. 



By-products: garden and surveyors' stakes, spindles; short cuttings 

 and strips used in tabourets. 

 Wliite oak, quarter-sawed (eastern oak). South; Middle West. 



Of total amount of quartered oak manufactured 4.8 per cent used in 

 this industry. 



Bookcases; couch frames; furniture, table tops. 



Strong; takes good finish, especially when fumed or weathered. 



Rough, clear, 1 to 2 inches thick. 



Library table legs : 5,000 square feet of veneer, 1-20 to inch thick, 

 used. 



By-products: elevator blocks for wire mattresses. 

 American mahogany (Lima, Peru, South and Central 



Mexico mahogany ) . America ; Mexico. 



Of total amount of American mahogany manufactured 5.8 per cent 

 used in this industry. 



Davenports; dresser and table tops; furniture; tables. 



Dark, good figure, excellent finish. 



Rough, clear, 1 to 4 inches thick: 8,125 square feet of 1 to 3 ply 

 veneer, 1-30, 1-20, and 3-16 inch thick, used. 



By-products : children 's chairs, footstools, hassocks. 



