ish whalls were made of i spa be, andenorraoue tree, a sort of bas¬ 
tard white cedar, which it much resembles in growth. It is plenti 
ful and useful for rough boards. It was probably chosen by the 
Spaniards on account of its size and the ease with which it can 
be w&rhed op*” 
The Truth about iSspave 
irai! the defective and otherwise useless logs arc, 
excluded there is very lTEt3»«J^ft except espax a-^ftSm which to 
chose, According to the libj^pBdrTJ^'iSftt^imod^ on page 17 of this 
report about ( hp^oT^the available wood is espaveF^j^ in actual. 
era traveler in Central inorica the espave tree is usually an im¬ 
pressive one; its enormous size, long, straight, and cylindrical 
trunk, its proximity to the streams, and its groat abundance in 
all the low lands aro features that appeal to some seeking invest¬ 
ment in tropical America, J number of promoters and others in 
times pest advanced large sums of money to exploit espave, and 
there is probably no other tree in tropical imerlca producing 
more wood per aero than the espave, and those who are not famil¬ 
iar with the kinds of timber required in the large markets can 
not understand why logs like those they see standing in the forest 
of Panama or Costs Bice can not bring fancy prices in the north¬ 
ern markets. 
number of trial shipments of espave logs have boon 
issue to the United States, end in nearly every instance the im¬ 
porters unwisely classified the wood, upon its arrival at destina¬ 
tion as a cedar or mahogany. In fact, the tree is often incorrect 
ly called espave-mahogany in parts of Panama, though it is not 
related to the family producing mahogany, but this name has been 
adopted for the purpose of interesting prospective buyers of tim- 
