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Issued August 3, 1911, 



° U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 

 FOREST SERVICE — CIRCULAR 185. 



HENRY S. GRAVES, Forester. 



"COLOMBIAN MAHOGANY" 



(Gariniana piriformis) . 



ITS CHARACTERISTICS AND ITS USE AS A SUBSTITUTE 

 FOR TRUE MAHOGANY 



(Swictenia mahagoni). 



BY 



GEORGE B. SUDWORTH, Dendrologist, 



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AND 



CLAYTON D. MELL, Assistant Dendrologist, 



Forest Service. 



WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE BOTANICAL CHARACTERS OF 

 CARINIANA PIRIFORMIS, 



HENRY PITTIER, 



Bureau of Plant Industry. 



WASHINGTON: 

 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. - " \\V\$QM3 

 1911, 



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