300 WOODS OF COMMERCE. 



brown ; heart dark brown, heavy, very hard, close-grained, with 

 beautiful transverse wavy figure. Suitable for furniture. 



Queen-wood (Davie'sia arbor ea W. Hill. : Order Legumindscv). 

 North-eastern Australia. Height 15 30 ft.; diam. 6 12 in. 

 Streaked with pink, hard, close-grained, susceptible of a fine 

 polish. An excellent cabinet-wood. 



Raspberry Jam. See Myall iii. 



Rassak or Russock (Vdtica Rdssdk Blume : Order Diptero- 

 carpdcea'). Borneo. W 54. Light yellowish, becoming dark 

 red on exposure, heavy, coarse-grained, durable. Used for piles, 

 house-building, etc. 



Rata (Metrosidfaos robusta, A. Cunn : Order Myrtdcea}. New 

 Zealand. Height 60100 ft.; diam. 34 ft. S.G. 1228 when 

 fresh, 786 \vhen seasoned. Often 30 40 ft. to lowest branch, 

 and yielding timber 20 50 ft. long, squaring 1 2J ft. Red, 

 very heavy, hard, close-grained, strong, easy to work, durable. 

 Used in ship-building and for railway waggons. 



Redwood, a name variously applied : (i) in the English 

 timber trade to Dantzic Fir (Finns sylvestris) [See Northern 

 Pine] ; (ii) in Australia to Eucalyptus piperita [See Pepper- 

 mint vi.] ; (iii) in Cape Colony to Ochna arUrea Burch. (Order 

 Ochndcecb). Known also as "Cape Plane." Boer "Roodhout." 

 Zulu " Umtensema," Height 20 30 ft. ; diam. 1J 2 ft. Red, 

 hard, strong, durable. Used for waggon-building and furniture, 

 and suitable for engraving. 



Redwood, Andaman. See Padouk. 



Redwood, Californian (Sequoia sempervirens Endl. : Order 

 Taxodine j ). Californian coast. Germ. " Immergriin Sequoie." 

 " Eiben Cypresse." Ital. " II Legno rosso di California." Height 

 180250 or 300 ft.; often 75100 ft. to lowest branch; diam. 

 12 20 ft. Sapwood light orange to dark amber, very soft and 

 light, scentless ; heart maroon to terra-cotta or deep brownish-red, 

 darkening on exposure, light, soft, brittle, close-grained, not 

 strong, without resin-ducts, very easily split, so that planks can 

 be made from it without the use of the saw, susceptible of a 

 high polish, in structure resembling Bald Cypress, very durable 



