328 WOODS OF COMMERCE. 



Tea-tree, Soft-leaved (M. Unariifulia Sm.). North-east 

 Australia. Height 4050 or 80 ft. ; diam. 13 ft. Very heavy, 

 hard, close-grained and imperishable under water, but splitting 

 in seasoning. Used for piles, turnery and fuel. 



Tea-tree, Swamp (i) (M. eridfvUa Sm.). Eastern Australia 

 and Tasmania. Small, very hard and durable. Used for 

 hurdles or rafters, and, in Tasmania, for turnery, (ii) (M. 

 squarrdsa Sm.). South-eastern Australia and Tasmania. Height 

 610 ft. S.Gr. 713. Heavy, very hard, difficult to work, 

 durable under water or when exposed. [See also Tea-tree, 

 Broad leaved.] 



Tea-tree, White, in New Zealand, apparently (Leptosp6rmum 

 ericoides A. Rich.). Height 40 50 ft.; diam. 1 2 ft. Heavy 

 and hard. Much valued for piles and using also in fencing and 

 house-building. [See also Tea-tree, Broad-leaved.] 



Teak (Tedona grdndis L. : Order Ferbendcece). Central and 

 and Southern India, Burma, the Shan States, Malay Peninsula, 

 Sumatra, Java and Celebes, extensively planted by the Dutch in 

 Ceylon. Hind. "Sagun." Burm. "Kuyon." Malay "Jati." 

 Tamil "Teak." Height 80100 ft. or more; diam. 24 ft., 

 yielding logs 23 50 ft. long, squaring 10 30 in. S.G. over 

 1000 when green; but, being generally "girdled" three years 

 before felling, 910 635 when seasoned. W 57 when green 37. 

 E 1071950 tons, e 1-19. p' 1-08. / 6-92. ft 49, aver- 

 aging 6-7. c 3301. c' '436 or more, fc 4 5-4. v' '832 or 

 more. R 322 -406 Ibs. Straight-growing, light straw-colour 

 to a brownish-red, when fresh, but darkening on exposure, some 

 of the Teak of the Deccan is beautifully veined, streaked and 

 mottled, whilst some old trees have burrs the wood of which 

 resembles Amboyna-wood. It is very fragrant, so as to resemble 

 Rosewood, owing to an oleo-resin which also renders the wood 

 probably the most durable of known timbers, making it obnoxious 

 to termites and keeping off rust from iron in contact with it. It 

 is the general practice to " girdle " the trees, i.e. to cut a complete 

 ring through both bark and sap wood, so killing the tree and 

 rendering it light enough to float to the port of shipment ; and, 



