THE USES OF WOOD 63 



Zealand and is really a Beech. A very hard, 

 durable wood, but is only useful for fresh-water 

 piles as it is liable to the attacks of shipworm. 

 Brown in colour. 



Bloodwood (Sleepers). 



Box, Jamaica, Tecoma pentaphylla, also known 

 as West Indian Box, Zapatero, White Cedar, 

 Cogwood, White Wood, occurs in West Indies, 

 Brazil and Central America. A fine, close- 

 grained, dull-surfaced wood, remarkably free 

 from knots. Yellow coloured ; a sapwood 

 tree. 



Canary Wood (Sleepers). 



Cedar, Deodar (Sleepers). 



Cypress Pine, Callitris rohusta (Fig. 40), also 

 known as White Pine, Murrumbidgee Pine, 

 Black Pine, Dark Pine, Common Pine, Lachlan 

 Pine, Murray Pine, Camphor Wood, occurs in 

 Northern and Eastern Australia. A straight- 

 grained, easily worked and easily polished, dur- 

 able wood. Shipworm proof. The most, durable 

 soft wood in the world. Varies in colour from 

 dark to light brown. 



Elm, Canadian (Fig. 52) (Carriage building). 



Greenheart, Nectandra rodioei, also known 

 as YeUow Greenheart, Sipiri, Sipiera, Bibiru, 

 Geelheart, occurs in Tropical South America. 

 A coarse-grained, smooth, lustrous timber. 

 Heartwood proof against shipworm. Very tough. 



