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21. Kosewood, (Cordia Gerascanthus). Tree 2 feet in diameter ; em- 

 ployed for all kinds of house-work, skip -building, and in furniture. 



22. Citronelle, (Citronella sp.). Tree, 1 foot in diameter ; used for kouse 

 posts ; small work. 



23. Petit citron. Ckene du pay, (Ilex cuniefolia). Tree 18 inckes in 

 diameter ; very iiseful wood ; employed for kouse-work, rafters, sills, 

 posts, cart felloes ; makes excellent oars. 



24. Brisiette. Middling-sized tree ; sawn into boards and planks, and 

 employed for inside kouse-work ; very good furniture wood ; ckairs and 

 tables are made of it. 



25. Savonette. Good-sized tree, 2 to 3 feet in diameter ; valuable 

 timber ; available for many purposes ; mill rollers and mill work in 

 general, posts, beams, cart-naves and felloes ; blocks for pulleys ; skip 

 and boat-building. 



26. Wkite cedar, (Bignonia leucoxylon). Large tree ; timber employed 

 for inside and outside kouse-work ; also in skip-building ; lasts well in 

 water. 



27. Goyavier, (Eugenia cerugenia). Tree about 2 feet in diameter ; 

 ligkt wood ; used for inside kouse-work, rafters, posts, plates, &c. 



28. Carapite. Large tree, 3 or 4 feet in diameter ; employed for 

 mill work of all kinds and kouse-work. 



29. Bois branda. Large kard-wood tree ; rollers for small cattle mills 

 are made of tkis wood : all kinds of mill and kouse-work. 



30. Bois mat. Middle-sized tree ; makes good masts for vessels ; also 

 oars, spars, and staves. 



31. Bois Fourmi, (Ilex sp.). Large tree ; sawn into boards and planks ; 

 employed for all inside kouse-work, posts, &c. 



32. Bois Bris Ckien, (Chrysopliyllum microphyllum.) Timber tree ; 

 makes good boards, planks, posts ; used for all kinds of inside work ; made 

 into shingles ; furniture wood. 



33. Bris, (Chrysophyllum glabrum.) Large tree ; about 4 feet in 

 diameter ; timber employed for mill-frames and rollers, kouse-work, posts, 

 &c. ; wood not very karch but durable. 



34. Petit Bris. Tree about 1 foot in diameter ; very durable wood ; 

 available for posts, rafters, beams, &c. 



35. Gommier, (Bursera gummifera.) Probably tke largest and loftiest 

 tree tke island produces ; nearly all tke canoes of tke island are made of 

 tkis wood ; a wkitisk, resinous substance exudes copiously from tke trunk 

 of tke tree ; tkis resin is much used in making flambeaux, also in tke 

 Eoman Catholic places of worship as incense. 



36. Bois pain, (Talauma plumieri.) Large tree ; boards used for inside 

 house-work. 



37. Bois pianette, (Ixora Ferrea.) Wood kard and tougk ; used for 

 axe-kandles, posts, and for making flambeaux ; lasting in tke ground. 



38. Bois d'Orme, {Guazuma ulmifolia.) Tree 2 to 3 feet in diameter ; 

 sawn into boards ; useful for oars, posts, staves, &c. 



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