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5. Carpimis Betulus. — Hornbeam. Britain. Not very favourably 



reported upon. 



6. Cornus Jlorida. — North American Dogwood. Eoiigh, suitable 



only for bold work. 



7. Cratcegus oxyacantha. — Hawthorn. Britain. By far the best 



•wood after box. 



8. Biospyros eieniim. — ^Ebony. Ceylon. Nearly as good as box in 



texture ; colour of wood an objection. 



9. Biospyros texana. — A North. American tree. Nearly equal to best 



box. 



10. Elaodendron austyale. — Queensland and New South Wales. Suit- 



able for diagrams, posters, etc. 



11. Euonymua europaus, var. Bamiltonianus. — Pai'cha. China, where 



the wood is much used for carving and engraving. A 

 useful wood, especially for bold work. 



12. Eugenia procera. — Jamaica, Antigua, and Martinique. Suited 



for bold, solid newspaper work. 



13. Monotooa elUptica. — New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania. 



Not very favourably reported upon. 



14. Pittosporiim hlcolor and P. undulattim. — New South Wales, Victoria 



and Tasmania. Both woods are suitable only for bold out- 

 lines. 



15. Pyriis communis. — Common Pear. Britain. Not very well 



reported upon, but it does weU for engraved blocks for 

 calico printers. 



16. Rhododendron oalifornieum and JJ. maximum. — Both of these have 



been favourably reported upon from North America. 



17. Tabebuia pentaphylla. — West Indian Box. West Indies and 



Brazil. A fairly good substitute for box. 



The most recent substitute for true boxwood that has 

 been brought to notice, and one that at first promised to 

 become of considerable impoi'tance, is that known as Cape 

 boxwood. The first notice of this wood was contained in a 

 letter from East London, Cape Colony, in 1885, addressed 

 to the writer, and in the same year about three tons arrived 

 in London. Samples were submitted to several practical 

 men for trial and report, and they all agreed that the wood 



