Order No. 411. 



1ND0=MALAYAN WOODS. 



By Feed W. Poxworthy. 

 (Being Section C, No. 4, Vol. IV, of the Philippine Journal of Science.) 

 182 pages, 9 photographic plates. 



Price $0.50 United States currency, postpaid. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



I. Introduction. 



a. Erroneous popular notions with regard to eastern timbers. 

 6. Object of this work. 



c. Definition of the Indo-Mala3'an region. 



d. Review of previous work and acknowledgments. 

 II. Properties of Wood. 



a. Woods of Tropics and Temperate regions compared. 

 h. Weight and hardness, tables. 



c. Strength, work of Kewton, Gamble and Gardner. 



d. Odor, color, taste. 



III. Suitability of different woods for sjjecial purposes. 



a. Enemies of wood. 



h. Woods exposed to salt water. 



c. Ship and boat building. 



IV. Eare, ornamental, or j^recious woods. 

 V. Comparative chart of common names. 



YI. Timbered areas and future supplies of wood. 

 VII. Species notes. 

 VIII. Index. 



This valuable work is interesting both from the standpoint of com= 

 mercial and scientific importance. As will be seen from the Table of 

 Contents, the work treats exhaustively of the known Indo=Malayan woods. 



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