240 WOODS OF COMMERCE 



but works with difficulty, and is very subject to shakes, durable. 

 Used for posts, shingles, and rough house-building. 

 I* ^ E. odordta Behr. South-East Australia. Also known as " Red 

 Gum, Box/' and '' White Box." Small. W 60---70. Yellowish- 

 white or light-brown, heavy, very hard, tough, close- and straight- 

 grained, generally hollow. Used for fencing, wheels, and fuel. 



Peppermint, Bastard. See Gum, Broad-leaved Water. 



Pernambueo-wood. See Peach-wood. 



Peroba branca or Peroba de campos {Sapota gonocdrfa 

 Mart. : Order Sapotdcece), Brazil. A large tree, yielding straight 

 timber, 60—70 ft. long, siding 24—40 in. S.G. 868—739. W 50. 

 Yellow, moderately heavy, stronger than Teak, but not so heavy, 

 close and fine-grained, easily worked, taking a high polish, very 

 durable, even when in contact with iron. Used in building Bra- 

 zihan ironclads, and is suitable for engineering or building- work, or 

 for furniture. 



Peroba vermelha {Aspidosperma sp. : Order Apocyndcem), Brazil. 

 Red, moderately heavy, smooth, close and fine in grain, somewhat 

 resembling Pencil Cedar. Used in ship-building. 



Persimmon {Diosp'^ros virginidna L. : Order Bbendcece), Eastern 

 United States. Known also as " Date-plum." French '' Plaque- 

 minier de Virginie." Germ. '* Virginische Dattelpflaume." Spa7i. 

 '' Persimon." Height 80 ft. ; diam. 2 ft. S.G. 790. W 49-28. 

 R 879 kilos. Sapwood very broad, sometimes 60 rings, cream- 

 colour ; heart dark-brown or black, heavy, hard, close-grained, 

 strong and tough, resembling Hickory, but finer in grain. Used 

 for shuttles, shoe-lasts, plane-stocks, etc. 



Pimento [Piminta offlcindlis Lindl. : Order Myrtdcece). Jamaica. 

 Imported as walking-sticks. 



Pin-bush [Hdhea leucoptera R. Br. : Order Protedcece). Central 

 and Eastern Australia. Known also as " Beef wood," *' Water- 

 tree," and " Needle-bush." Height 15 — 25 ft. ; diam. 4 — 6 in. 

 S.G. 818. Heavy, coarse-grained, soft, taking a good polish. Used 

 for tobacco-pipes, cigarette-holders, and veneers. 



Pine is the general name originally applied in the Northern 

 Hemisphere to the trees and wood of the coniferous genus Pinus, 

 and subsequently extended — ^mainly in Australasia — ^to the allied 

 genera Agathis, Frenela, Araucdria, Dacrydium, Podocdrpus, and 

 Pseudotsuga. Curiously enough, however, the wood of the various 

 local varieties of the Northern Pine {Pinus syhistris) imported 

 from Baltic ports, especially Bantzic, Memel, and Riga, is known 

 in commerce as " Fir," or " Red " and " Yellow Deals," the name 

 '" Pine " being used for the timber of other species of the same 



