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the wood in the solid form is prohibitory. Again, the use of veneers 
has the merit of making an unusually strong wood basis, preventing 
many woods from warping and checking, as they will when the pieces 
used are of ordinary thickness. Another merit in the use of veneers 
is that it admits of single designs, or efifect by exact duplication that 
are practically impossible in the solid wood. Among the native woods 
Fig. 15. A fine crowned red oak. Valuable for shade and ornament, but furnish¬ 
ing little good timber. 
that are often used as veneers are oak, maple, black walnut, birch, 
black gum, sycamore, butternut, holly, and sweet gum. Woods se¬ 
lected that contain knots, burls, curls, or some other abnormal growth, 
when sawn or cut into thin slices, present surfaces showing beautiful 
figures. 
Other sections of these woods may show a wavy, mottled ap- 
