AmMa0rchj8h94.rm-}  Fair  Forestry  outside  of  the  United  States.  127 
Fustic,  Logwood,  Balata,  Roble,  Guava  Pigeonwood,  Spanish  Ash 
and  Copaifera  officinalis. 
British  Guiana  had  a  small  collection  of  her  timbers,  and  ail  highly 
polished. 
Brazil's  Forests  were  represented  by  some  441  specimens  from 
the  State  of  Amazon  and  among  them,  please  to  note  Castanheira 
(Brazil  nut)  (Bertholetia  excelsa),  Copaiba,  Cumara  (Dipterix  odo- 
rata)  Divi  Divi,  Cedro,  Audiroba,  Saboneta  (Sapindus  saponaria),  and 
Ucuhuba  (Myristica  sebifera).  These  are  all  useful  timbers  there, 
and  few  if  any  ever  exported  to  this  country. 
Paraguay  showTed  some  300  timbers,  varying  from  12  inches  to  4 
feet  diameter,  and  most  of  them  being  polished  slabs,  from  which 
the  bark  had  been  removed  and  usually  of  that  dark  color  so  com- 
mon to  that  country,  Brazil  and  Argentine. 
Argentine  Republic  succeeded  finely  as  a  country  in  showing  her 
woods,  as  nearly  every  State  responded  favorably  to  the  call,  about 
22  altogether,  also  85  or  90  individual  exhibitors. 
The  interest  manifested  was  entirely  too  great  for  their  allotted 
space  and  about  one-fourth  only  could  be  exhibited  and  remainder 
stowed  away  under  platforms,  tables,  etc.,  and  same  inconveniences 
happened  to  their  plants.  They  had  1,000  or  1,500  specimens 
of  these  and  not  space  enough  to  place  one  in  view.  The 
timbers  were  of  commercial  slab  size  and  mainly  the  dark  varieties 
shown  by  private  individuals,  while  the  government  showed  the 
trees  in  lengths  of  4  and  5  feet,  with  the  bark  remaining  for  one-third 
the  length,  while  the  remainder  was  half  natural  and  half  polished, 
so  that  the  tree  was  presented  in  3  conditions. 
These  principal  ones  were  Algorroba  for  Walnut,  Mistol,  Roble, 
Cedrela  for  cigar  boxes,  Palma  nigra,  black  palm  for  ornamental 
posts,  Quebracho  (Aspidiospermo  Quebracho)  resembles  our  White 
Oak  (Quercus  Alba)  both  in  bark  and  wood. 
Juglans  Australis,  their  only  walnut,  approaches  our  black  very 
much  in  color  and  grain. 
Quebracho  Colorado,  another  useful  one,  and  also  a  great  tannin 
producer,  nearly  24  per  cent.,  and  also  as  a  substitute  for  Aspidio- 
sperma. 
Another  wood  resembling  our  walnut  is  the  Algarroba  (Proso- 
pis  juliflora  and  nigra)  and  is  actually  exported  as  a  substitute  for  it. 
This  belongs  to  order  Leguminosae,  as  does  also  Caesalpinia  mel- 
anacarpe,  another  walnut  substitute. 
