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FOXWOIITHY. 
IV. RARE ORNAMENTAL OR PRECIOUS WOODS. 
Under this heading it is intended to include those woods which have 
a special popular interest aside from their commercial value. The prin- 
cipal ones of these are boxwood, eampliorwood, corkwood, ebony, incense 
wood, ironwood, lignum- vitse, mahogany, rosewood, sandalwood, satin- 
wood, and zebrawood. 
BOXWOOD. 
This is produced by Buxus sempervirens L. (see p. 487) and is the 
best wood in the world for wood engraving. No thoroughly satisfactory 
substitute has been discovered. One of the best substitutes is a related 
African species of the same genus. The following list of woods which 
are sometimes used as substitutes for boxwood or which might be of 
service as such is given by Watt: 
Atalantia monophylla. 
Crataeva religiosa. 
Celcistrus spinosus. 
Cldoroxylon swietenia. 
Dodonaea viscosa. 
Gardenia gummifera. 
Gardenia latifolia. 
Hemicyclia sepiaria. 
Homonoia symphylliaefolia. 
Ixora parvifloi a. 
Memecylon edule. 
Murraya exotica. 
Olea ferruginea. 
Psidium guajava. 
Punica granatum. 
Santalum album. 
Sonneratia acida. 
Viburnum erubescens. 
To this list might be added Clausena excavata Bunn., Aegle marmelos 
Corr., Fagara spp. of the Butacece , and a number of fine and even-grained 
Rubiaceae. 
Stevenson 124-130; Holtzapffel 76; Watt Diet. 1:557; Boulger 147; Wiesner 
2:962. 
CAMPHORWOOD. 
The eampliorwood of Japan and Formosa is -the product of Cin- 
namomum camphora Fr. Nees & Eberm. (see p. 454). All parts of the 
wood contain a considerable amount of the gum or oil and have a very 
pronounced odor of camphor. The wood is easy to work, polishes well 
and is much used in the manufacture of chests, drawers and insect-proof 
cases. The demand for such articles is so great that the makers find it 
difficult to get enough wood for their work. The cabinetmakers in 
Manila make a great many imitation eampliorwood chests. Various 
soft, cheap woods, as white lauan, are used, after being first treated with 
oil to give them an odor like eampliorwood. The imitation eampliorwood 
chests are, naturally, not so durable as those made from the true camphor- 
wood. After the effect of the oil with which they were treated wears off, 
they are likely to be attacked by insects. 
Nepal eampliorwood, produced by Oinnarn omum glanduliferum Meissn., 
of British India, has brown tough wood with the odor of sassafras and 
is also used for cabinet work. 
A number of other members of the family Lauracece produce wood 
