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Candeboo Stink-wood {Celtis Kraussiana), dark 

 greenish, beautifully veined, and very hard. 



Essen-wood or " Ash " [Ekebergia capensis), an 

 easily worked, pale yellow timber of poorer quality than 

 the European Ash, to which it has resemblance. 



Black Iron-wood {Oka laurifolia), dense, close- 

 grained, and heavy, but beautifully figured and good 

 for turnery. 



White Iron-wood [Toddalia lanceolatd), moderately 

 hard, elastic wood, used for wheelwrights' work and 

 general purposes. 



Red Stink- wood [Brabejuni stellatifolium), a dark- 

 coloured wheelwright and cabinet wood of moderate size. 



Boxwood* (Buxus Macowani), a small dense Box, 

 recommended as a substitute for true Box. 



Wild Chestnut {Calodendron capense), a light-coloured, 

 fairly hard, tough and strong wood, useful for waggon 

 work, &c., and said to be suitable for sleepers, but con- 

 demned as inferior by some authorities. 



Red Els {Cunonia capensis), a hard, tough and fairly 

 light timber, of good quality and of a rich red colour, 

 useful for furniture work, and said to be durable in water. 



Saffron-wood [Elcsodendron croceuin) is a beautifully- 

 grained furniture wood, somewhat like Walnut ; also 

 useful for boat- building, wheelwright and general work. 

 It is heavy, hard and tough, and durable, and said to be 

 useful for coarser engraving. 



Cape Ebony, a species of Euclea, of the same family 

 as the true Ebony, is a very hard jet-black wood, suit- 



• Boxwood is « term commonly applied to several different trees in ihe 

 colonies. Various species of Eucalyptus go under this name in Australa, 

 and in Tasmania Bursaria spinosa is thus termed. American Boxwood is 

 Cornus Florida ; Jamaica Boxwood is Tecoina fentaphylla ; while in other 

 parts of the West Indies ViUx umirosa receives this name. Buxus Macmuatii 

 is the Boxwood of the Cape, but Gonioma Kamassi receives the same nime. 



