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Africa a number of logs of var5dng sizes up to 3 feet square. As to the 

 source of the wood I am incompletely informed. Mr. J. J. Richardson 

 submitted specimen leaves and wood of the tree to the authorities at Kew, 

 who attributed them to a species of Acacia. Mr. Richardson was un- 

 acquainted with the native name of the tree. 



The wood is greenish-yellow in colour and has a hard, smooth surface. 

 Some is beautifully figured, so that it is valuable for furniture, cabinet 

 work, panelling, brush-backs and the hke. The timber should also be 

 useful where strength and a certain amount of elasticity are required. 

 Mr. George Miller has furnished and panelled a handsome room in it at 

 Newberries, Radlett, Hertfordshire. The statement has been made that 

 the wood endangers the health of those who work it, but up to the pre- 

 sent (1919) only one case of illness that could be possibly associated with 

 this timber has been reported, and even in this instance the connection 

 is doubtful. 



The concentric layers are marked by indistinct dark Hnes. The pores 

 are regularly distributed, both singly and in pairs. The medullary rays 

 are very fine and close, parallel and irregular ; they show on the 

 tangential section. 



Satinwood, Andaman. Murraya exotica, Linn. Weight, 62 lbs. 

 South and West India, Burma, the Andaman Islands. 



The wood is light yellow, with occasionally greyish streaks. It has 

 been compared to boxwood, but my specimen is quite dissimilar, lacking 

 as it does the even regularity of the colour in that wood. It is sometimes 

 prettily figured, and would be suitable for cabinet work and for walking- 

 sticks, and Vi^ould be appreciated if it became known in this country. 

 Gamble says that it has been tried for wood-engraving, for which it seems 

 suitable if well seasoned. 



" Pores very small, sometimes in short radial hnes of 2 or 3. 

 Medullary rays very fine, very numerous. Sharp, white, concentric 

 lines, which frequently run into each other, unevenly spaced, roughly 

 about 40 to 50 per incli." (Gamble.) 



Satinwood, East Indian. Chloroxylon Swietenia, DC. Weight, 59 lbs. 

 8 oz. Ceylon. 



This tunber is indigenous to India, but the East Indian satinwood of 

 commerce is obtained only from Ceylon, the quaUty and size being 

 superior to the Indian wood. It is imported in round logs from 6 inches 

 in diameter to occasionally as much as 3 feet, and in lengths from 6 to 

 25 feet, or even longer, the principal imports, however, being about 15 

 inches and up in diameter. There is a considerable similarity also 

 between the East Indian satinwood and the West Indian (Zanthoxylum), 



