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THE TIMBERS OF THE WORLD 



Yet when wainscot billets are cut sufficiently narrow (Fig. 3) 

 all the boards show sufficient figure to be termed wainscot oak. If the 

 billets, however, are cut wider (Fig. 4), it is evident that the boards 

 cut from the outside will be plain oak, or approximate to it, so that 

 a board g-h will actually be plain oak. Hence if the wainscot biUets 

 be too wide not every board cut is wainscot oak. 



This mode of producing wainscot billets has been adopted during 



Fig. 4. 



Fig. I. 



Fig. 5. 



Fig 3. 



Fig. 6. 



late years with oak from Riga, Libau, and, to a limited extent, from 

 Japan. The butts are sawn or hewn as shown in Fig. 5. 



Another method of sawing which is possible if the trunks are of 

 considerable diameter, is pursued in the case of Austrian (Hungarian) oak 

 (Fig. 6). Each butt yields two wainscot billets, A and B, and two 

 wainscot planks, C and £>, 3 to 8 inches in thickness. The centre and 

 the remaining marginal pieces E, F, G, H, are not used to produce 

 wainscot oak. The two billets are cut in the manner already 

 described. 



