TIMBER SUITABLE FOR CARVING 
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The well-known " Thuya burrs " are attributed by some 
to wounds due to the lighting of fires against the trunks 
of the trees ; by others to the growth of adventitious buds 
from a tree stump. 
" Stripe," so conspicuous in the beautiful Andaman 
" marblewood," which is grey with a dark purple or black 
stripe, is also spoken of as " figure." 
One constantly comes across peculiarities found in timber 
when opened out. The Timber Trades Journal has given 
illustrations of several ; one of these showed two initials evi- 
dently cut on the outside of a tree, probably by young lovers 
in years gone by, which were quite distinct when the tree was 
cut up, although they were two feet from the outer face. 
Only a short while ago the writer saw, in one of the trees 
of the Hull boulevards, imbedded and nearly covered over 
with new wood, the iron holdfast of a gate, which will 
probably be a puzzle for future timber converters and a 
trial for their saws. 
On the recently constructed Cunard s.s. Mauretania some 
charming effects were obtained in panelling by careful 
arrangement of the figure in the wood, and this was 
particularly characteristic in the Austrian oak panelling, of 
which a great quantity was used. The wood was fixed in 
the panels in squares or j)arallelograms in " Venesta," and 
so cut and fixed that the grain of the wood formed a 
diamond pattern in the centre (see Tig. 54), sometimes 
with straight, sometimes wavy grain, which has a most 
charming effect, and looks to the casual observer as if it 
were in one piece, the joints being so well made as to be 
unnoticeable unless closely examined. 
TiMBEE Suitable for Carving. 
Amongst the softwoods are yellow pine, basswood, 
Kauri pine and lime, and for carving one need not look for 
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