290 WOODS OF COMMERCE 



*' Tonquin-bean/' '' Gaiac," " Cuamara." Height 60-^70 or 90 ft. ; 

 diam. 1— 2i ft. S.G. 1,213—1,032. R 385 Mlos. Dark yellow 

 or reddish-brown, very heavy, hard, tough, cross-grained, difficult 

 to work, taking a fine polish, very durable, and said to bear a greater 

 strain than any wood in the Colony. Used for cogs, shafts, mill- 

 wheels, and to a small extent for turnery and furniture, and medi- 

 cinally as a substitute for Guaiacum. 



Toon, See Cedar, Moulmein. 



Torreya, Japanese. See Kaya. 



Totara {Podocdrpus Totdra A. Cunn. : Order Taxinem). New- 

 Zealand. " Kew Zealand Yew." Height 40—70 or 120 ft., 35— 

 40 ft. to the lowest branch ; diam. 2 — 6 or 10 — 12 ft., yielding timber 

 20—45 ft. or more long, squaring 10 — 22 in. S.G. 1,230 when fresh 

 cut, 559 when seasoned. W 28—37. p 133-6. Sapwood 2—3 in. 

 wide, Hght-reddish ; heart deep red, heavy, moderately hard, close, 

 straight, very fine and even in grain, strong, very easily worked, not 

 warping or twisting, very durable, teredo-proof. With the excep- 

 tion of Kauri, the most valuable timber in New Zealand, and far 

 more abundant than Kauri. Used for piles in the sea, sleepers, 

 wood-paving, telegraph-poles, fencing, shingles, bridges, canoes, 

 and general building purposes, but is suitable for interior fittings 

 and furniture, and has a future in the EngHsh market ; sometimes 

 presenting Amboyna-like burrs. 



Trineomalee-wood [Berrya Ammonilla Roxb. : Order Tilidcece). 

 Ceylon, Phihppines, and Tropical AustraHa ; introduced in India. 

 Sink, " Halmilla." Tarn, " Katamanakku." Germ. '' Halmahlle- 

 holz." Height 20—40 ft. ; diam. 1— 2J ft. W 48—65. Straight- 

 growing, dark red, light, very hard, straight- and fine-grained, 

 tough, very strong, durable. Imported from Trincomalee to 

 Madras. Specially valued in Ceylon for staves for oil-casks, and 

 in Madras for boat- and carriage-building. Used for gun-carriages, 

 spokes and shafts, for handles, capstan-bars, etc. 



Trumpet-tree {Oecropia peMta L. and G. palmdta Willd. : Order 

 M or deem). The former in Jamaica, the latter in Brazil and Guiana. 

 Height 60 ft. ; diam. 1 ft. Very light and resonant. Used for 

 floats for fishing-nets, razor-strops, for producing fire by friction, 

 for trumpets and drums made from the hollow branches or stems. 



Tsuga {Tsuga Sieboldi G&rv.- Abies Tsuga S. & Z. : Order 

 ConifercB), Japan. Known also as " Japanese Hemlock Mr." 

 Jap. " Tsuga Axaragi." Height 80 — 90 ft. ; diam. 3 — 6 ft. Reddish- 

 white, durable. Little used, owing to its inaccessibility. 



Tulip -tree {Liriodindron tuUpifera L. : Order MagnoUdcece). 

 Eastern North America. Known also as " Saddle-tree, Poplar, 

 Yellow, White," or " Virginian Poplar, Whitewood, Canary White- 



