4 2 
NATIVE WOODS. 
and, voild , it is ready for sale ! Perhaps it 
will adorn the stick rack of an English home 
— a souvenir from the “ Isle of Springs.” Or, 
again, some youth may buy it and, with a 
cigar almost as long, he may be seen at the 
Hope Gardens on a Sunday afternoon, trying 
to impress the public in general that he is a 
man ! 
Ornamentation. Sticks are sometimes 
carved, or the bark is removed in rings, or 
spots— for artistic effect ! 
Natural Sticks are sometimes preferred. 
They are simply cut to the right length and 
the handle shaped, the natural bark being 
left. 
Workers and Districts. Men, almost 
solely, do this work in various parts of the 
island. 
A large number of the sticks sold in King- 
ston are uprooted or cut from the limestone 
ridge of the Long Mountains, conspicuous as 
one comes up the Kingston harbour. 
List of Sticks. 
Bullet wood. 
Coco-nut (popular, brown, a speckled grain, see 
P- I 5-) 
Dogwood. 
Ebony (very popular, light yellow and black). 
Gru-gru palm (dark brown, streaked). 
Ironwood. 
Orange (popular, bumps will be noticed where 
the prickles have been cut off.) 
Pimento (popular, light brown). 
Prickly yellow (very large prickles). 
Rock wood. 
Rod wood. 
Rose wood. 
