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States and British Columbia. A coarse-grained, 

 dull-surfaced wood. Light and soft but does 

 not warp. Yellowish coloured. The tallest of 

 the Pines. 



Plane, Western, Platanus occidentalis, also 

 known as Occidental Plane, Button wood, 

 Butterball, Butterwood, Plane, American Plane, 

 Plataan, CaHfornian Buttonwood, Sycamore, 

 Water Beech, Lacewood, Honeysuckle wood, 

 occurs in Eastern United States and Southern 

 Canada. A compact open-grained wood. Not 

 easily spKt, liable to warp. Brownish heart- 

 wood, yellowish sapwood. 



Dyes. It is hardly necessary to state that 

 timbers which are used in the dyeing industry 

 must be such as contain some principle which 

 is easily extracted by chemical means and is 

 capable of imparting a colour to substances with 

 which it is brought into contact. 



Birch (Charcoal). 



Brazil Wood (Musical Instruments). 



Camwood, Baphia nitida, also known as 

 Caban, Barwood, Red Rosewood, occurs in West 

 Africa. A coarse-grained dense wood with a 

 bright surface. Reddish orange in colour. 

 " Used by native women for rubbing on their 

 bodies to check perspiration." Produces a red 

 dye. 



