180 WOODS OF COMMERCE. 



20 ft.; diam. 4 ft. W 47. Whitish, turning red, hard. Used for 

 house-building, handles, spokes, furniture, etc. In South 

 America the same name is applied to Couroupita guiandnsis, 

 belonging to the Brazil nut group (Lecythiddcece). 



Carapa or Carapo. See Crab-wood. 



Carob (Ceratdnia Siliqna L. : Order Legumindsce). French 

 " Caroubier." Chiefly known for its fruit, the " Locust bean" or 

 " St. John's-bread " ; but imported from Algeria as walking-sticks. 



Cashew-nut (Anacdrdium occidentals L. : Order Anacardidcece). 

 A native of South America, cultivated for its fruit throughout 

 the Tropics. French "Acajou a fruits, a pommes " or "de 

 Guadeloupe," Germ. " Acajoubaum," Hind. " Kaju," Tarn. 

 " Mundiri." Red to brown, moderately hard. Used in boat- 

 building, for packing-cases and for charcoal, especially for iron- 

 smelting. 



Catalpa (Catdlpa specidsa Warder : Order Bignonidcece). South 

 Central United States. Height 80 ft. ; diam. 4 ft. Brown, light, 

 soft, not strong, brittle, coarse-grained, durable, especially in 

 contact with the soil. Used for posts and fencing ; but suited for 

 internal fittings, and being now much planted. 



Cedar, a name extended from the Lebanon Cedar (Cedrus 

 Libani Loud. : Order Coniferce), to other species of the genus, to 

 various Junipers and other coniferous woods, and to many other 

 woods of broad-leaved trees, especially the Meliaceous genus 

 Cedrdla, most of which resemble the true Cedar in being brown, 

 even-grained woods of moderate hardness and often fragrant. 

 The true Cedar is a native of the Lebanon, Taurus, and neigh- 

 bouring ranges of South-west Asia, and was introduced into 

 England as an ornamental tree after the middle of the 17th 

 century, that at Enfield being perhaps the oldest existing English 

 tree. French "Cedre du Liban," Germ. "Libanon Ceder," Jtal. 

 " Cedro del Libano." Height 5080 ft. ; diam. 34 ft. or more. 

 Reddish-brown, light, straight and open-grained, very porous, 

 soft and spongy in the centre, easily worked, but rather brittle, 

 liable to extensive heart- and cup-shakes, not strong. Mountain- 

 grown Cedar is harder, stronger, less liable to warp and more 



