304 WOODS OF COMMERCE. 



Rosewood, Jamaica (LinocUra ligustrina Swartz. : Order 

 Oledcece). See also Granadillo. 



Rosewood, Moulmein, probably a species of MilUttia (Order 

 Legumindsce), possibly M. p6ndula Benth., a dense, hard, dark- 

 coloured wood. 



Rosewood, Seychelles. See Umbrella-tree. 



Rosewood, West Indian. See Granadillo. 



Rowan (Pyrus Aucupdria G-aertn. : Order Rosdcew). Europe, 

 Northern and Western Asia. Known also as "Mountain Ash." 

 Germ. "Eberesche." Height 10 40 ft. ; diam. 6 10 in. Sap- 

 wood reddish-white; heart reddish-brown, hard, tough, difficult 

 to split ; pith-flecks frequent ; vessels and pith-rays indistinct ; 

 autumn wood slightly darker. Used to a small extent on the 

 Continent in cabinet-work, carving and turnery. 



Sabicu (LysiUma SdUcu Benth. : Order Legumindsce). West 

 Indies, especially Cuba. Somewhat crooked in growth but 

 yielding timber 20 35 ft. long, squaring 11 24 in. S.G. 

 899957. e' 2-21. / 1-6. c 5558. c f -734. v 1-161. R 

 435 Ibs. Dark chestnut-brown, heavy, hard, strong, elastic, 

 close-grained, free from shakes, though sometimes exhibiting on 

 conversion a cross fracture of part of the inner wood, snapped, 

 perhaps, by West Indian hurricanes, seasoning slowly, but 

 shrinking but little and not splitting in the process, working 

 up well, susceptible of a high polish, durable when exposed, and 

 sometimes with such a curled figure as to be mistaken for Rose- 

 wood. Used in shipbuilding, especially for beams, keelsons, engine- 

 bearers, etc., and for furniture. The staircases of the Exhibition 

 of 1851 were of this wood and wore well. The allied species, L. 

 latisiliqua Benth., native to the Bahamas and Florida, is similar. 



Saffron wood (Casslnt crdcea O.K.,=Elffioddndron crdceum DC. : 

 Order Celastrdcew). South Africa. Known also as " Safforan- 

 wood." Boer " Saffranhout," Zulu " Umbomoana." French 

 "Olivetier jaune, Bois d'or du Cap." Height 2040 or 

 60 ft. ; diam. 24 ft. W 47 '5. E 510 tons. / 4-4. fc 3-18. 

 Yellow, hard, close, fine-grained, tough, handsome. Used for 

 beams, planks, waggon-building, furniture, etc. 



