CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



PAGE 



Walnut — Ash— Description — Dimensions — Quality — Experiments — 

 Tables— Use of Bark— Beech -Chestnut— Elm, English — Variety of 

 uses— Defects — Experiments— Tables— Navy contracts — Elm, Wych 

 —Hornbeam— Experiments— Tables— Box— Alder— Willows— Other 

 European Timbers 146 



CHAPTER XIX. 



American White Oak — Dimensions — Descriptions — Principal uses — 

 Experiments — Tables, &c. — Live Oak — Dimensions — Descripiion — 

 Uses — Baltimore Oak — Sizes imported — Description — Slow growth — 

 Experiments — Tables — Canadian Oak — Description — Sizes and 

 quantity imported — Various American Oaks, &c. — American Ash — 

 Elm — Walnut — Birch — Other Am^rican Timbers .... 166 



CHAPTER XX. 



Timbers of the Indian Empire — Teak — Extensive forests — Burmah — Siara 



— Description of trees — Variable quality ■ — Short logs — Girdling — 

 Variety of species — Experiments in India and England — Deflections 

 —Tables — Extensive use — Falling supply — Market value— Experi- 

 ments — Tables, &c 185 



CHAPTER XXI. 



Pyengadu — Description — Uses — Col. Blake's Report — Dr. Hooker's 

 account — Various woods examined at Moulmein — Experiments — 

 Tables, &c. — Indian Oaks — Sal — Sissoo — Toon — Ebony — Other 

 Indian Timbers 202 



CHAPTER XXII. 



The Timbers of other parts of Asia— Borneo— Chow, Pingow, Kranji, and 

 Kapor Trees — Description — Dimensions — Defects — Experiments — 

 Tables— Other species — Philippine Islands — Molavg tree — Experi- 

 raents— Tables— Other .'peoies — Report on Lauan Timber — Acle, &c. 217 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



Timber Trees of Australia— Tewart— Experiments— Tables— Jarrah— 

 Peculiar defect— Mode of flitching— Experiments— Tables— Kari— 

 Extraordinary size — Defects — Experiments— Tables- Iron-bark— 

 BlueGum— Stringy-bark— Dimensions— Uses— Experiments— Tables 



— Other species of Eucalyptus — The Australian Oaks — Other 

 Australian Timbers— Trees of Van Diemen's Land, &c. . . . 228 



