ABBREVIATIONS. 
1. Abbreviations relating to size, etc., of a tree. 
The height, length of clear stem, and girth are included between parentheses, 
120+ ee 10—12) = = 100—120 ft. high, the clear stem 80 — 90 ft. 
a 
(100— 
long, and girth 10 
2, Abbreviations relating to soil and substratum. 
ss. = ya ngage or soil. 
Sal. = Ayes 
Al. = 
Dil. = ita or older alluvium gen- 
erally, 
Lat. = Laterite. 
Lat. p. = permea te. 
- Aren. = Arenaceous, including sands 
and 
and all the pebbly and onadly 
soils. All sands along the coasts 
(beach forests) in this work ar 
calcareous ; those ee are ek 
osed to be szliciou. 
Arg. = Stiff imperm nese clays, ete. 
Sis = perm Svea pag sandstone, 
CaS. = Calcareous sandstone, 
Ca. EP setae 
Metam. = ineludes 
all other rocks, 
whether plutonic or metamorphic. 
3. Abbreviations relating to light. 
s. = shade-loving. 
1. =light-loving. 
8X ]. = indifferent. 
s+l.=shade in R.S., light i in HS. 
s:1= rr in youth, light + when full- 
Bro 
4, Abbreviations relating to seasons and to the flowering, etc. 
get tn wate 
Fr Fruiting tim 
= Cold a 
H.S. = Hot season. 
D.S. = Dry season 
R.S. = Rainy season. 
: N. B.—The weight of a cubic foot (marked 0’) of seasoned wood is given 
in English pounds, and so is the breaking weight (break. w. or weight). 
