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Specially valued in Ceylon for staves for oil-casks, and in Madras 

 for boat and carriage-building. Used for spokes and shafts, for 

 handles, capstan-bars, etc. 



Trumpet-tree (Cecrdpia peltdta L. and C. palmdta Willd. : 

 Order Mordcece). The former in Jamaica, the latter in Brazil and 

 Guiana. Height 50 ft. ; diam. 1 ft. Very light and resonant. 

 Used for floats for fishing-nets, razor-strops, for producing fire by 

 friction, for trumpets and drums made from the hollow branches 

 or stems. 



Tsuga (T*i'nj<t Sieboldii Carr. : Order Coniferce). Japan. 

 Known also as "Japanese Hemlock Fir." Jap. "Tsuga Araragi." 

 Height 8090 ft. ; diam. 36 ft. Reddish- white, durable. Little 

 used, owing to its inaccessibility. 



Tulip-tree (Liriodmdron tuliptfera L. : Order Magnolidcece). 

 Eastern North America. Known also as " Saddle tree, Poplar, 

 Yellow, White" or "Virginian Poplar, Whitewood, Canary 

 Whitewood, Canary-wood," or " Canoe-wood." French " Tulipier." 

 Germ. " Tulpenbaum." Height 100150 ft.; diam. 310 ft. 

 S.G. 423. W 26-36. E 657 kilos. Sapwood nearly white; 

 heart light lemon-yellow or brownish, light, soft, close and 

 straight in grain, tougher than many woods equally soft, com- 

 pact, not very strong or durable, easily worked, shrinking and 

 warping somewhat in seasoning, taking a satiny polish. Vessels 

 minute, evenly distributed; pith-rays fine but distinct. Much 

 heavier and more valuable as timber than the true Poplars. 

 Excellent for shingles and clapboards, as it does not split under 

 heat or frost; used for rafters and joists, and generally as a 

 substitute for White Pine or Cedar in building, especially for 

 doors, panels and wainscot, the seats of American Windsor chairs, 

 box -making, turnery and boat-building ; and formerly for Indian 

 "dug-out" canoes. Imported from New York to Liverpool as 

 11 American " or " Canary Whitewood " in large planks and waney 

 logs at a price equal to that of the best Quebec Yellow Pine, this 

 wood is valued, as easily worked, firm when fully dried and taking 

 polish, stain or paint very well, by carriage-builders, shop-fitters, 

 cabinet-makers, etc. 



