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door-posts. A dye was formerly extracted from it. Eed 
Sanders is a very pretty tree with dense foliage. 
Weight 70 lbs. and over per cubic foot. 
Mysore Sandalwood {Santalum album) is a small evergreen. 
The wood is exported both in small round billets about 3 ft. 
long and 5 or 6 inches in diameter and in roots and chips. 
The best quality sells at about sevenpence per pound. The 
sapwood, of which there is little, is light in colour ; the 
heartwood is of a brownish tint and is hard, and has a 
very fine, even grain. Sandalwood is of the natural order 
of santalacfe, natives of the East Indies and tropical 
islands of the Indian Archipelago, of which the common 
kind is this white sandalwood, very suitable for and a 
good deal used in workboxes, desks, and small ornaments ; 
it is much appreciated for preserving natural history 
specimens, as its fragrance is fatal to insects. Other 
species are found in the Sandwich and Fiji Islands and 
New Caledonia and are now brought into commerce, and 
much of it is the produce of S. cygnoriim of Western 
Australia (which see). There is a large export to China, 
where it is used for carvings, joss sticks, etc. The 
deeper the colour of the wood and the nearer the root the 
better the perfume obtained from the oil, which is extracted 
from the heartwood and root and which forms the 
basis of many perfumes. The annual rings are distinct, 
the medullary rays fine. There is a Burmese sandalwood 
called kalamet which is not yet an article of commerce. 
Weight 56 to 63 lbs. per cubic foot. 
Vengai {Pterocarpus marsupiuni), a large deciduous tree, 
is after teak and blackwood one of the most important 
trees of Southern India. The wood is durable, seasons 
well, and takes a fine polish, and the heartwood is full of 
