54 NOTES ON APPARENTLY USEFUL WOODS 



shrub, not usually exceeding 20 feet in height, nevertheless the wood is 

 tolerably hard, takes a good polish of a fine grain, with light silvery 

 and dark alternating markings. 



Liriodendron tulipifera, L. — (The Tulip tree, white wood, or yellow 

 Poplar of North America.) It grows to a large size and produces a wood 

 of nearly the same colour and density as Ash, but with a silvery grey 

 grain. It takes an excellent polish. 



Tilia Americana, L. (Bass wood.) — A native of North America. 

 It is about as strong as the common Lime, but a much more beautiful 

 wood, being very even grained, with alternating silvery and dark 

 transverse lines, changing in position with the rays of light. This 

 would make a beautiful wood for inlaying and also for panelling. 



Acer saccharinum,li. (The Sugar Maple of North America.) — Has wood 

 very much like the last, both in appearance and apparent strength. 



Tetranthera ferruginea, E. Br. — A tree of New South Wales, where 

 it grows to a height of about 80 feet. It has not a very dense wood, but 

 apparently tough, and even grained, of a light colour, the annual rings 

 being developed in darker stripes. 



Podocarpus Thunbergzi, Hook. (Cape Yellow Wood.) — Is as its name 

 indicates, a native of the Cape of Good Hope. It does not grow to any 

 great height, but slabs can be obtained from it from 10 to 15 inches 

 across. The wood is of a clear yellow colour, with an even grain, but is 

 not so durable as that of 



Podocarpus elongatus, L'Herit, is a much larger tree, commonly 70 

 feet in height, close grained, something resembling deal, and perhaps 

 of a more yellowish colour. It is very commonly used at the Cape for 

 all sorts of purposes, both useful and ornamental. 



JMaba Guineensis. — Supposed to be the source of the wood known as 

 Bahama Satin Wood, or, as it is called in its native country, Yellow 

 Wood. It grows abundantly and to a large size on Andros and the 

 adjacent islands. The wood is of a close fine grain, having a pretty wavy 

 pattern, which looks remarkably well when polished. It is imported 

 into 'this country in small quantities, and is sometimes confounded with 

 the Indian Satin Wood, to which it bears some resemblance. 



Ostrya Virginica, Lam. (Iron Wood of North America.) — A tree 

 growing from 40 to 50 feet high, and 8 to 10 inches in diameter. It 

 is very close and even grained, of a clear light colour somewhat like 

 Ash. 



Araucaria CunningJiami, Ait, called the Moreton Bay Pine, from its 

 abundance at that place ; is also found in other parts of New South 

 Wales. It grows to a height of from 200 to 300 feet, and produces an 

 even-grained wood something like deal, but much finer both in grain 

 and also in the general appearance of the wood which is of a clear yellow 

 colour. 



Michelia Champaca, L. (Sappoo.) — A tree of the East Indian Penin- 



