NATIVE WOODS. 
4 T 
Mahogany (much valued.) 
Prickly yellow. 
Satin-wood (pleasant odour.) 
Sandal wood. 
Sanders, grey. 
Sanders, yellow. 
Yoke wood (See p. 17.) 
THE WOODS MOST COMMONLY USED. 
Light Yellow. Satin-wood, Fustic, Yellow, 
Sanders. 
Brown. Mahogany, Cedar, Juniper Cedar, Locus, 
Braziletto, Coco-nut (speckled), two 
shades. 
Greenish. Mahoe. 
Dark. Mahoe, Gru-gru palm (streaked.) 
It is considered undesirable to give plant 
notes about these timber trees. They are all 
found grooving wild in many of the wood- 
lands in which the island abounds. 
Sticks. 
Young trees. The sticks sold locally are 
generally made from young saplings dug out 
with some of their roots, and not from 
branches of full grown trees. The thick part, 
where stem and root meet, forms the head of 
the stick, while a suitable root sometimes 
forms a curved handle. Popular sticks that 
are not saplings are those made from Ebony, 
Coconut and Gru-gru palm. Walking sticks, 
umbrella handles and buggy- whip sticks are 
all made from native woods. 
Preparation. Some of the outer bark is 
scraped off, first with a coarse, and then a 
finer, file, and finally the stick is sand-paper- 
ed. At this stage the stick, with a thin cov- 
ering of bark, is rubbed with French polish 
