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bark is dry) ; and fruits, if large and hard, may be so fixed as to 

 bang outside, wrapped in paper. Particular care is necessary to 

 prevent mixture of specimens. Blocks of wood from the trunk and 

 branches at various seasons are also desirable for experimenting 

 upon. 



" Observations as to the relative abundance of each tree at the 

 various stations may be expressed numerically, thus : very rare, 

 1 ; occasionally met with, 2 ; not uncommon, 3 ; common, 4 ; 

 very common, 5 ; abundant, 6, &c. ; using numbers up to 10, and 

 explaining them. Frequently several trees will be found so 

 nearly alike in abundance as to require the same number. No- 

 tice should also be made of the nature of the country and soil — 

 whether mountainous, rocky, gravelly, sandy, or swampy, — which 

 will help to determine the limits of the natural regions." 



EXTRACT FROM JURY REPORT. CLASS XXVI, 1855. 



The following Tabular View of the woods used for furniture in 

 Madras is contributed by Dr Oleghorn : — 



Gammon Furniture. — 1. Chittagong-wood ; 2. Teak-wood; 

 3. Tun-wood; 4. Jak-wood. 



Carved and Ornamental Furniture. — 1. Ebony ; 2. Blackwood, 

 or East Indian Eosewood ; 3. Satin-wood ; 5. Kiabuca wood. 



1. Chittagong wood (Ghickrassia tabularis) is more used at 

 Madras in the making of furniture than any other wood. It is 

 light, cheap, and durable. 



2. Teak- wood (Tectona grandis) is probably the most durable of 

 all timbers ; it is very hard, and very heavy. It is extensively 

 used for bullock trunks, and for house and camp furniture, for 

 which it is well adapted, as it does not split. (The increasing 

 price has diminished its use for ordinary purposes.) 



3. Tun-wood (Gedrela Tuna) resembles its congeners, chitta- 

 gong wood and mahogany, and is very much used for chairs and 

 other furniture all over the Peninsula. 



