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WOODS OF COMMERCE. 



of a good polish. It is used for fencing, cabinet work, and 

 furniture. 



Bendy-tree. See Umbrella-tree. 



Betis (Paydna Bttis Villar : Order Sapotdcece). Philippines. 

 Used in ship-building, and classed in the third line of Lloyd's 

 Kegister. 



Big - tree ( Sequoia gigdntea Decaisne : Order Coniferce ). 

 " Mammoth tree of California." " Wellingtonia." French 

 " Sequoia gigantesque," Germ. " Riesen Sequoia," Ital. " Gigante 



FIG. 48. Transverse section of Wellingtonia" or Mammoth Tree (Sequoia 

 gigantea Decaisne), highly magnified. 



della California." Western slopes of Sierra Nevada, California, 

 50008000 ft. above sea-level. Height 250400 ft.; diam. 

 sometimes exceeding 35 ft. The specimen, 62 ft. in girth, of 

 which a section is exhibited in the Natural History Museum, 

 South Kensington, has 1335 annual rings. Wood red-brown, 

 light, soft, brittle, weak, cross-grained, durable in contact with 

 soil. Formerly used locally for lumber, fencing, shingles, etc., but 



