THE USES OF WOOD 



elastic and easily worked wood, durable in water 

 and in the ground. 



Pine, Oregon (Figs. 47, 48) (Masts). 



Pine, White, Pinus strohus (Fig. 44), also 

 known as the Weymouth and Yellow Pine, 

 occurs in North America and Newfoundland 

 and as an introduced species, in^ England. It 

 produces timber of very variable quality but, 

 generally, it is light, clean, straight grained and 

 easily worked. It is not durable in the ground. 



PuRPLEHEART (Fumiture). 



SiRis, Pink (Furniture). 



Spruce, Sitka (Charcoal). 



Stinkwood, Ocotea hullata, also known as 

 Cape Walnut, Cannibal Stinkwood, Cape Laurel, 

 Laurel Wood, Bean Trefoil, occurs in South 

 Africa. A dark walnut coloured timber, often 

 almost black and invariably mottled, very 

 strong, tough and durable. 



Teak, Bastard, Pterocarpus marsupium 

 occurs in Central and Southern India. The 

 heartwood is red, sapwood white. It is hard, 

 easily polished and durable except in contact 

 with water. 



Thuya, Thuya articulata, occurs in Northern 

 Africa. This wood is " the ' Lignum Vitae ' of 

 the French, the ' Alerce ' of the roof of Cordova 

 Cathedral, and probably the ' Citron wood ' of 

 the Romans, for tables made of which wood 



