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imported in logs 10 — 21 ft. long, squaring 15 — 30 in., in planks, 

 and in boards ; and, besides its use in cabinet-making, is employed 

 for the stocks of our army rifles. It fetches from 3s. to 8s. per cubic 

 foot in the Liverpool market, and can be profitably grown in good 

 soil in the South of England. 



Walnut, Belgaum {Aleurites triloba Forst. : Order Euphorbidcece), 

 Moluccas, New Caledom'a, etc. Height 60 ft. ; diam. 1 — 2 ft. 

 Used for packing-cases and joinery ; and, when seasoned, for 

 building. 



Walnut, East Indian [AlUzzia Lebbeh Benth. : Order Leguminosce). 

 India and Tropical Africa. W 41 — 56. Dark brown, heavy, hard, 

 eoarse-grained, working and poHshing well, durable. Used for 

 house- and boat-building, furniture, miU-roUers, and wheels. See 

 also Lasrin. 



Walnut, Grey [Mglans cinerea L.). 



Walnut, Japanese {Mglans Sieboldidna Maxim.). 



Walnut, Manchurian {/. mandschurica Maxim.). 



Walnut, Queensland (Cryptocdrya Palmerstoni F. M. Bailey : Order 

 LaurdcecB). ResembHng American Walnut. 



Walnut, Satin. See Gum, Sweet. 



Walnut, White. See Butternut. 



Wandoo [Eucalyptus redunca Schau. : Order Myrtdcece), West 

 Australia. Known also as *' White Gum." Height up to 120 ft. ; 

 diam. up to 17 ft. W 63 — 79. Light-coloured, brownish-red, 

 heavy, very hard, tough, and durable. Valued for building, and 

 especially for wheelwrights' work, being superior to Tewart for 

 spokes and felloes, and supplying the best naves and cogs ; used 

 also for furniture, and recommended for sleepers. 



Water-tree* See Pin-lbush. 



Watetwood [OMmdrrhis cymosa Jacq. : Order Eubidcece), West 

 Indies. Known also as "Bois Rivifere." Height 50—60 ft. 

 Valued for furniture and joinery. 



Wattle, the general name in Australia for species of Acdcia 

 (Order Leguminosce), from their use by the early colonists in 

 " wattliag " their huts. French " Bois tress6." 



Wattle, Black (i) (A, binervdta DC), North-East AustraHa. 

 Sometimes known as " Hickory." Height up to 30—4:0 ft. ; 

 diam. 8—18 in. W 50*5—56-6. Dirty white to pinkish, close- 

 grained, tough, light. Valued for axe-handles and bullock-yokes, 

 (ii) (A, decurrens) [See Wattle, Feathery], (iii) (A. molUssima 

 Willd.). South-Eastem Australia and Tasmania. Known also as 

 "Silver Wattle." Aborig. " Garrong " or "Currong." Height 

 20—30 ft.; diam. 6—9 in. S.G. 804r~727. W 50-2. Light, 



