THE DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF MAHOGANY 63 
mahogany is of very straight, even growth, firm and 
close in texture, and of uniform good colour. It has 
always been appreciated, but no system of manufacture, 
such as that practised in the case of the wood from 
Honduras, has apparently yet been applied, and the 
logs, mostly of good dimensions, that have been exported 
have been almost invariably in unsound and split con- 
dition. Mahogany-like woods from the same districts, 
one called Espave the other Santa Maria, and said to 
be abundant, have been introduced to British markets, 
but with indifferent results. 
Columbia.—A mahogany from this South American 
State is also known in the English markets. Two 
varieties are recognised, one from Cispata, the other 
from Santa Marta. The timber is extracted in large 
dimensions, the Cispata wood being generally exported 
in well-squared logs. The first-named variety is very 
straight-grained but somewhat soft in texture, deficient 
in colour, and rather liable to become stainy if not 
quickly converted. That from the latter district is 
of equally good dimensions, but somewhat coarse in 
texture and, both in this feature and in its dark colour, 
is very much akin to the Crabwood of British Guiana 
and other Central American districts. Cedar is also 
exported from this State, the wood, however, not being 
comparable with other Central American descriptions. 
