ARGENTINE TIMBERS 
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for street paving, and by cartwrights for felloes of wheels, 
as well as for general carpentry work and the framing of 
railway carriages. A tree of the same name grows in the 
Hawaiian Islands. 
Weight from 42 lbs. to 59 lbs. per cubic foot. 
Mistol {Tizyphus mistol) is only to be had in sizes of 
about 10 ft. by 10 inches. It is a wood of a whitish 
colour with a fairly close grain, used in carpenters' work, 
though chiefly for making charcoal. The axemen make 
their axe handles of this wood if it is available, as it does 
not heat the hands like other wood. 
The weight is given as high as 77 lbs. per cubic foot. 
Cedro {Cedrela hrasilieiisis) is one of the many cedars. 
It is used for furniture, but is seldom if ever seasoned, 
hence most of the furniture made in Argentina warps ; a 
better class of cedar grows in Paraguay and is used in the 
Argentine. 
Weight about 43 lbs. i)er cubic foot. 
Nogal or Nogal Turcoman (Juglans australia) in colour 
resembles European walnut, and is straight in grain and 
easy to work. It is much used for inside work of railway 
carriages, and for doors, windows, and furniture. It is a 
useful wood, but the maximum size of log available is only 
about 18 ft. by 18 inches square. 
Weight up to 45 lbs. per cubic foot. 
Lanza {Myrsine (jvisehachii) is a kind of lancewood of fine, 
close grain, used for beams in house construction, wheel- 
wrights' work, and the shafts of carts. It is a tough, 
elastic wood, with long fibre and capable of resisting 
considerable strain, 'i'he colour is a light brown. 
Weight about 46 lbs. per cubic foot. 
