12 TIMBERS AND THEIR USES 



Canada and United States. A fine, open- 

 grained wood, lustrous and silky, easy to 

 work but liable to warp. Yellowish white in 

 colour. 



Cypre, Bois de, Cordia gerascanthus, also 

 known as Spanish Elm, Prince wood, Dominica 

 Rosewood, Claraiba, Bois de Roses, Bois de 

 Rhodes. Occurs in Tropical America and 

 Jamaica. " Hath a very sweet, pleasant 

 smell almost like a rose." A soft, . coarse 

 open-grained wood, brown in colour and very 

 durable. " One of the best timber woods of 

 Jamaica." 



Cypress Pine, Mountain, Frenela parlatorei, 

 also known as Stringy-bark Pine. Occurs in 

 Australia. A cream-coloured, soft, close-grained 

 wood. Easily worked. 



Ebony, Cuban, Diospyros tetrasperma. A 

 hard, black wood. 



Elm, Spreading (Turnery). 



Fir, Great (Cooperage). 



HooBOOBALLi, Stryphnodendron guianense, 

 occurs in British Guiana. A fine, open grained 

 wood. The heartwood is pale brown marked 

 with darker brown concentric bands. A beautiful 

 wood, capable of taking a high polish. One of 

 the most durable of all woods in contact with 

 water. 



Horse Chestnut (Fig. 60) (Flooring). 



