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CASE In the next compartment observe wood and turned 



116. articles of Boehmeria rugulosa^ Wedd., a small evergreen 

 tree of Northern India and Burma. The wood may be 

 easily cut or carved without splitting or warping, and on 

 this account is largely used in India for bowls, cups, plates, 

 and other domestic utensils. 



Near these note stems and fibre of Maoutia Puya, 

 Wedd., from which cloths, net-bags, fishing nets, &c., are 

 made in India. 



Plane Order {Plaianaceae). A small order, consist- 

 ing only of the genus Platanus, moderate-sized trees of 

 Europe, Asia, and North America. Observe the beautiful ly 

 marked woods of Platanus occidentalism L., the American 

 Plane, used for cabinet work and for musical instru- 

 ments ; and P. 07^ientalis, L., the Oriental Plane, 

 or Lacewood, native of Greece, Macedonia, Northern 

 Persia, &c. It is used for cabinet work, turnery, &c., and 

 commonly in Persia for internal fittings. 



Walnut Order {Juglandcweae). Trees or shrubs, im- 

 portant in economic botany from the value of the timber 

 of two or three species, and the fruits of the Walnut and 

 Hickory. 



No. 475. Hickory Nuts (Caf^ya alba, Nutt., and C. 

 tomeniosa, Nutt.), the former species affording the principal 

 supply. They are natives of North America, and the 

 woods are both tough and elastic, especially that of C. alba, 

 which is much used for spokes for carriage wheels, shafts, 

 &c. The fruits and woods of several other species, all 

 natives of North America, are shown. 



Note also Peccan Nuts {Gary a olivaeformis, Nutt.), 

 occasionally to be found in English fruit-shops ; the 

 kernels are sweeter than those of the former. 



CASE No. 476. Black Walnut {Juglans nigra, L.). A 



117. large tree of North America. The timber is durable, 

 susceptible of a fine polish, and is largely employed both 

 in North America and in this country for furniture, 

 gun-stocks, boat -building, &c. 



No. 477. Walnut Wood {Juglans regia^ L.), figured 

 and plain. The chief cabinet- wood of Europe before the 



