SPECIES OF "WOODS. 



Ill 



(42d in this list) ; 30 lbs. per cu. ft., 

 sp. gr. 0.4826; medium strong (43d in 

 this list) ; brittle (61st in this list) ; 

 medium hard (34th in this list) ; shrink- 

 age, 3 per cent.; warps little; very dur- 

 able; easy to work; splits readily, takes 

 nails well. 



Common Uses: Pencils, chests, cigar 

 boxes, pails, interior finish. 



Remarks: Fragrant. Pencils are 

 made almost exclusively of this wood, 

 because it is light, strong, stiff, straight 

 and fine-grained and easily whittled ; 

 supply being rapidly depleted. 



Radial Section, 

 life size. 



Cross-section, 

 magnified 37j^ diameters. 



Tangential Section, 

 life size. 



