HARDWOOD TIMBERS OF CANADA, ETC. 107 
has the habit of re-growth from the stool, and thiS 
second-growth wood is esteemed by some consumers aS 
superior to the first. 
From the Dominion of Canada a species of rather 
different: character and known there as Black Ash, and 
in the United Kingdom as Quebec White Ash, was for- 
merly largely shipped in squared logs, ranging from about 
12 in. to 24 in. in diameter. There was a good demand 
at the time, as the wood was fashionable as a material 
for the cabinet-maker, being principally used in the 
manufacture of bedroom furniture. It was generally 
of clean growth, white in colour, and had, in good 
qualities when fresh felled, a silky grain which was 
greatly appreciated when used for the above purpose. 
The wood, however, did not retain its white appearance 
for any length of time after use, becoming brown with 
age, and gradually the fashion, after being dominant fcr 
a good few years, died away. The wood is lighter in 
weight than most species of ash, and is also less 
strong and tough. It possesses excellent working 
qualities, but except for the above purpose has been 
little used. Shipments at the present time are 
practically stopped. 
Hickory.—There are said to be about a dozen species 
of this wood, mostly growing in a range of territory 
extending from the St. Lawrence to Mexico. The trees 
produce a generally strong, tough and elastic wood, 
which is largely used in the States. One species only, 
the Shag Bark Hickory—perhaps the most valuable— 
is shipped to Great Britain. The wood is of coarse, open 
grain, brown in colour, strong, fairly heavy and very 
elastic. It is used for the same purposes as ash, and 
is the wood generally employed for the handles of 
golf-sticks and, occasionally, for fishing-rods and similar 
purposes. It is generally exported in the form of round 
