POPULAE, ECONOMIC BOTANY. 



or 4000 tons annually^ are iraported from Smyrna^ Con- 

 stantinople^ and the Greek Islands; it is used in making 

 blocks for wood-engravings^ rollers for calico-printing, 

 various toys, and articles of turnery. It is imported in 

 pieces about four feet in lengthy and rarely exceeding ten 

 inches in diameter, perfectly round, and of a yellowish- 

 white colour; it is a very hard close-grained wood, and is 

 admirably adapted for the engraver and turner. 



OnANGE. Citms Atirantium (Nat. Ord. Aurantiacea) , — 

 A yellowish-white wood, with fine close grain, used for in- 

 laying and turnery. 



Walnut. Juglans regia (ISTat. Ord. Juglandacem). — A 

 hard handsome wood, of a dark colour, beautifully feathered, 

 the colours being a sort of umber and yellow. It is 

 largely imported from Eussia and Germany, and from 

 North America, for making ornamental furniture. 



Olive-wood. Olea Europ^ea (Nat. Ord. Oleacece). — A 

 fine close-grained wood, usually yellowish^ but often beauti- 

 fully feathered ; it is much used in small ornamental work 

 for furniture. 



Asiatic Woods. 

 MouLMEiN Teak, Ceylon Teak, Travancore Teak, 

 and East Indian Teak, probably all from Tectona grandis 



