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FOXWORTHY. 
White or yellowish woods — Continued. 
Catinga ( Citrus sp.). India and Malaya; widely planted. 
Cliampaca ( Michelia champaca').. Widely planted. 
Camphor wood ( Ginnamomum camphor a) . Formosa and Ceylon. 
Sandalwood ( 8 ant alum spp.). India to South Sea Islands. 
Snakewood ( S trychnos nux-vomica) . India. 
Satinwood (Chloroxylon sicieienia) . India and Ceylon. 
Canary wood (Morinda ciirifolia) . India and planted elsewhere. 
Deodar (Cedrus deodara) . India. 
Chatwan ( Alstonia scholaris) . India to the Philippines. 
Haldu (Adina cordifolia) . India to the Philippines. 
Santol (Sandoricum indicurn) . India to the Philippines. 
Yellow sanders (Ximenia americana) . India to the Philippines. 
Culis (Memecylon edule) . India to the Philippines. 
CARVING AND WOOD ENGRAVING. 
For wood engraving and instruments of precision boxwood is unequaled. 
In the manufacture of small articles, rulers, etc., ebony is often used 
because of its freedom from shrinking. 
For carving, lanete ( Wrightia spp.), molave ( Vitex lift oralis) , teak 
(T ectona ■ grandis) , and sandal ( Santalum album) seem most in favor. 
A number of other woods are used, one of them, the blackwood of India 
( Dalbergia latifolia), being used in considerable quantity for the manu- 
facture of caxved furniture. 
TOOL HANDLES. 
This kind of work requires a wood which is dense and of even grain 
and which will turn well. 
Some of the woods most used are Mimusops elengi, Psidium guajava, 
Memecylon edule , Murraya exotica, Mesua ferrea, Sliorea obiusa, Eugenia 
tetragona , Dodonaea viscosa, Xylocarpus spp., bamboos, etc. 
CANES OR WALKING STICKS. 
This requires a wood which is pretty, close-grained and capable of 
finishing well. 
The species most used are Balanites roxburghii, various bamboo and 
palm stems, Cassia siamea , Dichrostachys cinerea, Diospyros discolor, 
JJiospyros pilosantliera, Diospyros and Maba spp., Dodonaea viscosa, 
Grewia populifolia, Murraya exotica, Parrotia jacquemontiana, Prinsepia 
utilis, Pterocarpus spp., Pahudia rhomboidea, Sarcococca pruniformis, 
Zanthoxylum alatum, Taxotropliis ilicifolia. 
BOXES OR PACKING CASES. 
Almost any wood which occurs in quantity, is easily worked and not 
too hard and heavy may be used for this purpose. In places, special 
industries have made it necesary to use large quantities of wood for 
boxes. Thus, in Ceylon, the tea industry has required a great number 
of cases. Mr. F. E. Lewis had a very interesting article on the tea- 
