96 TIMBER 
These burrs are but rarely met with, and contain 
beautifully mottled wood, brown in colour. The burrs 
are cut into veneer and used for fancy cabinet work 
and for inlaying. 
Thuya.—A very similar wood to the preceding and 
hardly distinguishable. This is also the burr of a con- 
iferous tree which is found in Algiers and Morocco. 
It has a fragrant odour, is finely mottled, and is used 
in a similar way and for the same purposes as Amboyna. 
