CHAP. 
Il. 
Iv. 
XIIl. 
XIV. 
XV. 
CONTENTS 
PREFACE . 3 F ‘ 
INTRODUCTION 7 . . ie . 
NOTES ON THE HISTORY OF TIMBER AS 
CONNECTED WITH GREAT BRITAIN 
THE CONIFEROUS TREES OF COMMERCE. 
EUROPEAN AND OTHER EASTERN SPECIES 
IN USE AT THE PRESENT TIME 
THE CONIFEROUS TIMBERS OF CANADA AND 
OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE WESTERN 
HEMISPHERE 
THE HARDWOOD OR BROAD-LEAF SECTION 
OF TREES . E . 
THE MAHOGANIES OF COMMERCE . . 
SOME ACCOUNT OF THE DIFFERENT VARIE- 
TIES OF MAHOGANY . : . 
THE MAHOGANY PRODUCTS OF THE WEST 
COAST OF AFRICA 
THE EUROPEAN VARIETIES OF HARDWOODS 
COMMONLY IN USE . . ‘ 
HARDWOOD TIMBERS FROM ASIATIC SOURCES 
THE HARDWOOD TIMBERS OF JAPAN AND 
THE AUSTRALASIAN COLONIES . . 
SOME ACCOUNT OF THE HARDWOOD TIMBERS 
OF CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES 
THAT ARE SUPPLIED TO BRITISH MARKETS 
THE HARDWOOD TIMBERS OF CENTRAL AND 
SOUTH AMERICA : . . 
SOME NOTES ON THE EXTRACTION OF 
TIMBER IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES . 
THE OUTLOOK FOR FUTURE SUPPLIES . 
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