It produces a relatively soft.though fairly tough wood that has 
not come into general use. It is plentiful throughout the trop¬ 
ics and the trees aro as a rule fairly large and the trunks devel¬ 
op into good sises which remotely resemble the .American ash. Ihe 
bulk of the trees in the forest aro from 15 to 20 inches in dia¬ 
meter and upward to 24 foot to the first branches. They attain 
their boot development on the lower slopes where there is suffi¬ 
cient moisture in the soil. The average vial a na~* sirr-A rinns not 
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mention . 2ho cpitivoy, maria* nispero, fustic * membrillo * amar¬ 
ine, panama, cainito, almendra, etc., etc., are all met with fre¬ 
quently, and it may bo safe to say that in.the.aggregate these 
would yield a m &kka # 500 board feet to the aero. 
Sotcl Quantities of limber Available 
She quantities of the different kinds of timber available 
on the tract aro approximately os follows; 
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