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introduction of Mahogany. The tree is widely cultivated, CASEJ 

 and is also found in the Himalayan forests, the timber 117. 

 being commonly used throughout Kashmir and the 

 Punjab for carvings, specimens of which are shown. 

 Walnut is also the chief wood for gun-stocks, of which 

 specimens are exhibited. 



No. 478, Walnuts, the kernel of the fruit of 

 Juglans regia^ L., exported from the South of France. 

 Introduced into Europe from the South of the Caucasus 

 and adjoining parts of Russia. Note walnuts preserved 

 in sugar, as used in Japan. 



No. 479. Walnut Oil, obtained from the kernels ; 

 used as an article of food. Expressed with heat, it is 

 a drying oil, much used in the arts. 



No. 480. Walnut Cake, remaining after the expression 

 of the Oil ; used for cattle-feeding in the North of Italy. 



No. 481. Fruits, wood, and bark of Butternut 

 {Juglans cinerea, L.). A large tree of the United States > 



and Canada. The wood is used for panelling, furniture, 

 &c., and the bark as a yellow dye and cathartic medicine. 



On a lower shelf observe wood oi Engelhardtia spicata, 

 Bl., a large deciduous tree of the Himalaya and Burma. 

 Used for tea-boxes, building purposes, and for carving. 



Myrica Order {Myricaceae). Shrubs or trees, con- 

 sisting of one genus only, namely, Myrica, to which the 

 Sweet Gale of our bogs belongs. They are natives chiefly 

 of North America and South Africa. 



Note leaves of Sweet Gale {Myrica Gale, L.), and 

 Sweet Fern {M. asplenifolia, L.), used in medicine in 

 North America. Also wax, and candles made of the 

 same, from various species of Myrica from Colombia. 



On the bottom shelf of this compartment are specimens 

 of the fruits, wood, and bark of M. cerifera, L., the 

 Bayberry or Wax-Myrtle of North America, and 

 Myrtle Wax, and candles made of the hard, but brittle 

 wax, of M. cordifolia, L., from South Africa. 



In the last compartment of this Case are fruits, wood, 

 and bark of Myrica Nagi, Thb., a moderate sized ever- 

 green tree of India, Malaya, &c. The fruits, which have 



