194 WOODS OF COMMERCE. 



Cypress-Pine, Mountain (Frentla Parlatdrei F. v. M.), also 

 known as " Stringybark Pine." Height 40 60 ft. ; diam. 12 

 ft. Light straw-colour, fragrant, close-grained, soft, easily 

 worked. Much used for joinery. 



Date, Kafir, or Plum (Harpephyllum Cdffrum Bernh.). Cape 

 Colony. W 45-7. / 5-86. fc 2'94. Dull red mahogany-like, easily 

 worked, and suitable for carpentry and cabinet-work. 



Deal, a term properly describing soft (coniferous) wood sawn 

 in thicknesses of 2 4 in., but often used with prefixes as to 

 colour or country of origin. Thus Dantzic, Red or Yellow Deals 

 are derived from the Northern Pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) [See 

 Pine, Northern], White Deals from the Spruce (Plcea excelsa), 

 Canadian and New Brunswick Spruce Deals, mostly from Picea 

 nigra, narrow-ringed trees yielding "Black," wide-ringed ones 

 "White Spruce." 

 Deodar. See Cedar, Deodar. 



Dhaura (Anogelssus latifolia Wall. : Order Combretdcece). 

 India. Height up to 200 ft. ; diam. 3 ft. or more. Sapwood 

 wide, grey or yellowish ; heart purplish, hard, very strong and 

 tough, but splitting in seasoning and only durable when kept dry. 

 Used for axles, axe-handles, agricultural implements, furniture, etc. 

 Dilo. See Poon. 

 Dogo. See Mangrove. 



Dogwood, in England (i) (Cornus sanguined L. : Order Cor- 

 ndcece). Europe and Northern and Western Asia. Known also 

 as " Cornel," "Prickwood." A mere shrub. Hard, horny, flesh- 

 coloured, with minute evenly-distributed vessels, 1 4 together, 

 without pith-flecks and with indistinguishable pith-rays. Used 

 formerly for skewers and arrows, and to some extent for gun- 

 powder charcoal, (ii) (PJidmnus Frdngula L. : Order Rhamndcece). 

 Europe, North Africa, and Siberia. Known also as "Berry- 

 bearing Alder," and to gunpowder-makers as " Black Dogwood." 

 A shrub 5 10 ft. high. Sapwood narrow light yellow ; heart 

 brilliant yellowish-red ; vessels minute, not in flamboyant groups 

 as in the allied Buckthorn (Pi. cathdrticus) ; soft. Largely used in 

 the manufacture of gunpowder charcoal. 



