266 WOODS OF COMMERCE 



long and 1—2 ft. in diam. S.G. 458—842. W 28'6~52-6. 

 R 1,043 lbs. Sapwood whitish, narrow ; heart light to deep brown, 

 finely streaked with dark lines, very heavy, hard, coarse and cross- 

 grained, elastic, tough, comparing favourably as to strength with 

 Teak, warping and splitting considerably in seasoning, but almost 

 unrivalled for durability, its abundant whitish aromatic resin 

 protecting it from termites. The most extensively used timber 

 of Northern India for sleepers, piles, beams, bridges, planks, gun- 

 carriages, wedges, tool-handles, blocks, cogs, etc., but too heavy 

 to float, and, therefore, expensive. 



Saliewood {BuddUia salvifoUa Lam. : Order Loganidcece), Cape 

 Colony. " Sahe-hout." Zulu " Unkaza." Height 15—20 ft. ; 

 diam. 10 — 15 in. W 54. Hard, tough, with a beautiful wavy 

 gram. Used for carriage-building, agricultural implements, and 

 cabinet-work, yielding veneers equal in appearance to Walnut, 

 and for cogs ; but recommended for wooden type and coarse en- 

 graving. 



Sallow, in England, chiefly Sdlix Gaprea L. (Order Salicinece). 

 Europe, Northern and Western Asia, Known also as '' Goat 

 Willow." Germ. " Sahlweide.'' A small tree. W 27—39. Sap- 

 wood reddish-white ; heartwood a beautiful light red, light, very 

 soft, easily split, lustrous, with wide annual rings, pith-rays in- 

 distinguishable, vessels minute and equally distributed, pith-flecks 

 often present. Used chiefly for crate- and hoop-making ; but in 

 France one of the most useful Willows. [See Willow.] 



Sallow, in Australia, or Sally, or White Sally, names appHed to 

 some species of Acacia, especially A, longifolia Willd., var. fion- 

 buTida, a brown, black-streaked, light, tough, and hard wood, used 

 for tool-handles ; and to EucrypUa Moorei, [See Acacia,] 



Sandalwood, a name applied to the generally fragrant woods 

 of Sdntalum album and other species of the genus, to those of the 

 other genera of the Order SantaldcecB — ^viz., Fusdnus, Exocdrpus, 

 and Osyris, to some members of the Order Myoporinece, and a few 

 other unrelated trees. True Sandalwood is Sdntalum album L. 

 (Order Santaldcm). India, chiefly in the south, and perhaps also 

 in the Malay Archipelago. Known also as " White " or '' Yellow 

 Sandalwood." Sanshr. '' Chandana." Hind. " Chandana, Sandal." 

 Telugu " Chandanam." Burm. " Sanda-ku." Chinese " Tan-mu." 

 Height 30 ft., 8 ft. to lowest branch ; diam. up to 2 ft. W 56—71. 

 Sold in crooked billets weighing 50—90 lbs. each. Yellowish- 

 brown, very hard, heavy, close-grained and fragrant, the heart- 

 wood yielding on distillation about 2 drams of oil per pound, and 

 increasing in fragrance with age, very liable to heart-shake. Used 

 for carving, ornamental boxes, Chinese coffins, walking-sticks, 

 fans, burnt as a perfume, ground into powder as a cosmetic, and 



