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Orange, Black. See Broom. 



Orange, Mock. See Cheesewood. 



Orange, Native, in Australia (i) (Citrus austrdlis Planch.). 

 Height 30 40 ft.; diam. 9 12 ID. Resembling the Common 

 Orange ; (ii) from the shape of the fruit, (Cdpparis Mitchelli 

 Lindl. : Order Capparidece), known also as " Small Native Pome- 

 granate." Height 1420 ft. ; diam. 1 ft. Whitish, hard, close- 

 grained, closely resembling Lancewood. Suitable for engraving ; 

 (iii) Endidndra vtrens F. v. M. : Order Laurdcece). North-east 

 Australia. Known also as " Bat and ball, ' " Native pomegranate," 

 and "Ullagal Mabbie." A tall shrub, with grey, close-grained, 

 firm, apparently useful wood. 



Orange, Osage (Madura aurantlaca Nutt. : Order Mordcece). 

 Arkansas and Texas. Known also as "Bow-wood." French 

 "Bois d'arc." Height 50 ft. or more; diam. 2 ft. Sapwood 

 yellow, heart brown transversely, yellow longitudinally, soon 

 turning greyish on exposure, very heavy, hard and strong, not 

 tough, flexible, of moderately coarse texture, shrinking consider- 

 ably in drying, very durable in contact with soil. Formerly used 

 for bows and wheelwrights' work, now for fence posts, railway- 

 ties, waggon-building and paving-blocks ; but suitable for turnery 

 and carving. 



Pader or Padri (Stereosptrmum chelonddes DC : Order Big- 

 nonidcece). India and Burma, Ceylon and Sunda islands. Height 

 to first branch 30 ft. ; diam. 1 2 ft. Grey, reddish-brown or 

 orange wood, hard, elastic, easy to work, moderately durable. 

 Used in house-building, for canoes, furniture and tea-chests. 



Padouk (Pterocdrpus indicus Willd. : Order Legumindsce). 

 Burma, Andaman, Sunda and Philippine Islands and Southern 

 China. Known also as " Andaman Redwood," " Burmese Rose- 

 wood," or "Tenasserim Mahogany." Fiji "Cibicibi." Height to 

 first branch 35 ft.; diam. 2 5 ft., yielding timber 15 30 ft. 

 long. W 60. R 1000 Ibs. Dark red, beautifully variegated 

 and darker near the root, resembling Mahogany, but heavier, 

 slightly aromatic, very heavy, moderately hard, coarse but close- 

 grained, working fairly well, taking two years to season, termite- 



