PART IL— WOODS OF COMMERCE, 

 THEIR SOURCES, CHARACTERS, AND USES 



Acaeia, in England, Edbinia Pseudacdcia L. See Locust. 



Acaeia {EucrypMa Moorei F. v. M. : Order Bosdoem), New 

 South Wales and Victoria. Known also as " Plum, Acacia Plum," 

 or " White Sally." Warm, light brown, moderately hard, of 

 considerable dimensions, easily worked. Used for the bodies of 

 buggies. 



Acacia Cedar {ATbizzia Toona Bail. : Order Leguminosce). 

 Queensland. Also known as " Mackay Cedar." A large tree. 

 The heartwood resembles that of Moulmein Cedar. 



Acajou,, a general name in the French timber- trade for Ma- 

 hogany. See Mahogany. In French Guiana it is applied 

 also to Gedrela guianensis A. Juss. : (Order Melidceca). S.G. 577. 

 Reaching large dimensions, soft, not very flexible, very homo- 

 geneous and free from flaws, working well, without splitting, dur- 

 able, owing to a bitter principle obnoxious to insects, and termite- 

 proof. Fairly common and in much request as a furniture-wood. 

 Used in Europe for cigar-boxes. 



In Guadeloupe " Acajou blanc " is Simaruba amdra. See 

 Simarouba. 



In Barbadoes '' Cedre acajou " is Gedrela odordta. See Cedar, 

 West Indian. 



Acle {X'^Ua doldbriformis Benth. : Order Leguminosce). India, 

 the Malay Peninsula, and the Philippines. " Ironwood " of Pegu 

 and Arracan. Hindi " Jambu," Burm, " Pyengadu," Philipp. 

 *'Acle." Formerly named Mimosa AcU and Inga xylocdrpa. 

 Height 70—100 ft., diam. 3 — 4: ft., yielding timber 1—2^ ft. square ; 

 S.G. 934r-1225, W 63, e' 2-19, p 17,200, / 1-58, c 8960—10,360, 

 c' 1-275, v^ 1-527, fo 5-2. Heartwood dark brown or reddish-brown, 

 often beautifully mottled with a waved and twisting grain, heavier 

 than water, hard, tough, strong, rigid, its pores filled with a thick, 



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