SS TIMBER AND SOME OF ITS DISEASES, [cii. iii, 



are afforded by the following, and they are dis- 

 tinguished further by minor details of structure, 

 colour, density, &c. 

 (i) The vessels are visible without a lens, and scattered ; 



£.£". Walnut, Sit area robusta, 

 (ii) The vessels are niinute, and usually numerous. 

 The wood (at least the heart-wood) is hard. 



e.g. Beech, Birch, Box, Maple, Plane, Horn- 

 beam, Eugenia Jamb ola?ta^ Chloroxy- 

 Ion Siuieteniay Afiogeissus latifolia^ 

 Schleicher a trijtfga^ Mgle Marmelos^ 



The wood is soft, 



eg. Horse chestnut, Willow, Poplar, Alder, 

 Poptihis etiphratica^ Michelia cxcelsa^ 

 Holarrhena antidysenterica^ Dillenia 

 indica^ Boswellia thurifera, &c. 



