132        Fair  Forestry  outside  of  the  United  Stated.  {A^°rch,f8h9trm" 
family,  produces  a  wood  moderately  hard,  used  for  packing  cases, 
boat  building  and  charcoal. 
Cassia  fistula,  very  durable  but  not  strong  enough  for  timber. 
Satinwood,  our  hair-brush  acquaintance  (Chloroxylon  Smietenia) 
used  for  everything  from  agricultural  implements  to  toilet  articles. 
Cedar  (Cedrela  Toma)  is  specially  adapted  to  carving  and  furniture 
as  it  is  not  susceptible  to  attacks  of  white  ants. 
Ebony  (Diospyros  ebeneum)  for  inlaying,  making  marked  contrast, 
also  valuable  for  furniture  otherwise. 
Shisham  (Dalbergia  sisso)  is  a  valuable  tree  for  carving,  also  the 
species  latifolia  as  well  as  Melia  Azrederach. 
This  is  held  very  sacred  by  the  Hindoos  and  their  idols  are  made 
from  it. 
Cinnamomum  glanduliferum  for  boat  building,  etc.  Pterocarpus 
marsupium  and  Santalinum  Strychnos  Nux  Vomica,  and  potatorum, 
all  are  useful,  and  Teak  (Tectonia  grandis)  is  one  of  their  best,  for 
when  it  is  well  seasoned  it  does  not  crack,  warp  or  split  and  is  not 
injured  by  white  ants. 
Erythroxylon  monogynum  used  as  a  substitute  for  Sandalwood 
(Santal  album)  which  is  highly  prized  for  carvings  and  incense  as 
well  as  for  perfume. 
Tamarindus  indicus  furnishes  a  rich  dark  red  wood. 
Padouk  (Pterocarpus  indicus)  is  their  most  valuable  tree  for  con- 
struction of  furniture,  and  the  Inspector-General  of  Forests  predicts 
a  better  future  for  this  than  Teak  or  Mahogany  ever  had. 
Ceylon  had  no  collection  of  woods  in  Forestry  Hall,  but  in  their 
Court  in  Agricultural  Building  there  was  quite  a  fine  display  which 
proved  uninteresting  until  the  purchase  of  a  Hand-Book  of  Ceylon 
Courts,  that  proved  itself  the  most  valuable  of  its  kind,  as  it  treated 
briefly  and  pleasantly  of  the  natural  history  of  the  island  botany, 
ethnology,  language,  religion,  fibres,  etc.,  agricultural  and  tea 
cultivation,  besides  being  valuable  for  locating  the  different  portions 
of  these  exhibits  and  for  describing  the  different  articles  on  exhibi- 
tion. 
The  woods  with  somewhat  familiar  names  were :  Eugenia  brac- 
teata,  Cassia  fistula  and  siamea,  Melia  dubia,  Diospyros  ebeneum 
and  5  other  species,  Mallotus  alba,  Erythroxylon  monogyrum, 
Pterocarpus  marsupium,  Strychnos  Nux  Vomica,  Tamarindus  Indica, 
Myristica    laurifolia,    Tectonia    grandis,    Albizzia  odoratissima. 
