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tic grass can in no wise be classed as a “wood/’ yet in its utili- 
zation it may be considered among timbers. 
Cases 329 to 332. — Ornamental Japanese cabinet woods. Note 
the great beauty of grain in the five panels of Sugi (Cryptomeria 
japonica) : Yuku-sugi chocolate brown from submergence in bog 
water, wavy sugi and “watered” sugi; note also the rich red- 
brown Kuwa {Morns alba stylosa), the beautiful “old gold” fig- 
ured Kiwada {Phellodendron ainurense)^ the wavy Keyaki {Zel-^ 
kowa keyaki), and the oddly marked Tochi (Aesculus turbinata). 
Case 332. — Korean woods. Note that these woods are of the 
same species as those of Japan. 
Cases 333 and 334. — A circular table top cut from a single 
board of Padouk (Pterocarpus indicus), the tree yielding this 
board must have been about 10 feet in diameter. Note the carved 
Blackwood stands (Dalbergia latifolia) from Bombay, India. 
Cases 335 to 338. — Cabinet woods of British India. Among 
the 89 species shown here the most striking may be considered 
to be: Case 335, Khovia (Acacia catechu), Haladwan (Adina 
cordifolia) , Kendu (Diospyros melanoxylon) and Shivan (Gme- 
lina arborea) ; Case 336, Koroi (Albizzia procera), Dhoura (Chlor- 
oxylon swietenia), Sisham (Dalbergia latifolia); Tiwas (D. 
ougeinensis) and Nana (Lagerstroemia microcarpa) ; Case 337, 
Padauk (Pterocarpus indicus) ; Bibla (P, marsupium), Sagum 
(Tectonia grandis) and Sandal (Santalum album); Case 338, 
Moka (Schrebera swietenioides), Kindal (Terminalia paniculata), 
and Jamba (Xylia dolabriformis). Note also the trunk of Japa- 
nese Boxwood, Tsuge (Buxus japonica). 
Cases 339 to 342. — Woods of Johore. Over 200 species: each 
specimen showing the natural and finished appearance of the 
wood and the bark.* 
Case 342. — Woods of Ceylon. Twenty-one species of Cey- 
lonese woods in excellent examples. Note the beauty of the 
white Jalotang (Dyera Neamgayi) ; the strong fibered, red, Kapur 
(Dryobalanops camphora) ; the dense, dark red Rassak (Vatica 
rassak) ; and the beautifully lined Rungas mango (Melanorrhoea 
Wallichii), 
Cases 343 and 344. — The destructive distillation of wood. 
These cases illustrate the products obtained through distilling 
waste Birch, Beech, Maple and Ash wood to obtain wood alco- 
hol and pyroligneous acid. 
