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CLASSIFIED LIST OF NATIVE BRITISH, OR BRITISH-GROWN WOODS . [Class IV.

WOODS, NATIVE OF OK GROWN IN BRITAIN — continued.

NAME.

Place of Growth.

Weight

pt*r

Cubic Ft.

Specific

Gravity

No.

in Cata-logue.

REMARKS.

lbs.

07..

Juglans regia (common walnut )

- _

3G

7

•583

898

From a very old tree.

Sussex —

-

20

5

—

662

Used for ornamental furniture.

Laburnum. See Cytisus.Lancewood. See Euonymus.Larch. See Larix .

Larix europcea (larch) - -

Oxfordshire

-

35

0

*560

78

Used in house carpentry, and for ship-building ; is durable, strong and tough.Used in ship-building.

,, (Scotch larch) - - -

Scotland —

-

29

4

•468

787

Laurel. See Prunus .

Lilac. See Syringa .

Lime. See Tilia.

Liriodendron tulipifcra (tulip

27

o

*434

298

Apparently of little value ; attains to a large

tree).

Locust. See Robinia .

Magnolia glauca - - — —

3i

■ 503

296

size.

Magnolia grandiflora — — —

Putney —

37

5

•597

302

The tree in the United States grows with aclear stem of 60 to 80 feet high.

Maple. See Acer campestre -

Morus nigra (common mulberry)

Mortlake -

-

41

5

•661

654

Sometimes used for furniture, and by turners,

but is of little durability.

Mountain ash. See Pyrus .

Mulberry. See Morus .

Negundo fraxinifolium — -

"Wandsworth

33

15

•543

659

Rather fine-grained, but of little value.

Nut. See Corylus .

Oak (See Quercus ) - - -

Marden, Kenl

_

50

8

•808

730

Dug out of a deep cutting of the South-East-

ern Railway.

Pear. See Pyrus .

Pine. See Pinus .

Pinus Picea (silver fir) — -

- _

23

2

•370

46

Used for house carpentry, masts of small

vessels, &c.

> > o - -

Wandsworth

_

28

7

*455

607

Pinus sylvestris (pine) - -

Oxfordshire

_

24

5

•389

36

Much used for rafters, girders, and house-

carpentry.

, , ,, (Scotch fir) -

Plane. See Platanus.

> j *“

-

19

5“

•309

43

Much used for house carpentry.

Platanus orientalis (plane) -

Wandsworth

_

39

12

•636

96

An inferior wood, but much used in the

Levant , for furniture, &c.

?) > > ”

> > —

33

1

•535

601

This wood shows a pretty mottled figurewhen cut with the ray.

i > • * —

_ _

35

9

•569

797

Platanus sp. (Scotch plane) -Plum. See Prunus .

Scotland -

-

37

6

•598

774

Pomegranate. See Punica.Populus alba (Abele) - - -

27

11

•443

49

A light soft wood, of little value.

,, (white poplar) —

Wandsworth

-

25

9

*409

661

Populus dilatata (Lombardy

-

21

13

•349

596

Soft and spongy; rapidly decaying unless

poplar).

kept dry.

Populus tremula (aspen) - -

Epping -

-

31

2

•498

556

From the lower part of the main stem ; used

by turners, and for dry carpentry.

Populus sp . (Scotch poplar) -Prunus armeniaca (apricot ) —

Scotland -

-

34

6

*550

778

Hard and fine-grained.

Mortlake -

-

46

13

•749

309

Prunus domestica (damson) -

Wandsworth

-

45

8

•728

22

Hard and fine-grained, but not very durable ;

used for turning, &c.

,, ,, (Orleans plum)

Oxfordshire

—

44

8

•712

23

Prunus Laurocerasus (laurel ) -

_ _

46

14

•750

55

Hard and compact, taking a good polish.

n j > i > ~*

Prunus spinosa (black thorn) -

Epping -

-

42

5

■677

545

Specimen from an old plant.

Oxfordshire

-

43

11

•699

93

Hard, capable of a fine polish, but apt to

split.

Punica granatum - - — -

Mortlake -

-

39

4

*628

653

Hard and close-srraincd.

Pyrus aucuparia (mountain ash )

Yorkshire —

-

38

6

•614

293

Fine-grained, hard, and takes a good polish ;

used in turnery, and for musical instru-ments.

Epping -

-

39

8

*632

535

Pyrus communis (Bergamot

Bermondsey

-

38

9

■617

19

Strong, compact, and close-grained; used

pear).

for turning handles to tools, &c., andtakes a good black dye.

>, >i (pear)

Oxfordshire

38

10

•618

90

,, ,, (garden pear)

Epping -

-

40

1

•641

549

Specimen from the upper part of the main

stem.

.. .. Aswan ’s egg pear)

W andsworth

_

34

9

•553

604

,, ,, (wild pear)

Epping -

-

39

4

■628

544

Specimen from a young tree cut near the

ground.

f ? -

—

38

2

•610

551

Specimen from the upper part of the main

stem.

Pyrus malus (apple) - - -

Oxfordshire

_

36

0

■576

77

,, (garden apple) -

Epping -

-

39

7

•631

548

Specimen from the upper part of the stem.

,, (crab) - — -

Oxfordshire

—

45

5

•725

82

Specimen from a tree about twenty years old.

5 1 1 » — — —

Pyrus Sorbus (service tree ) -

Yorkshire

-

45

6

•726

297

Hard, close-grained, and strong.

Epping -

-

46

11

•747

554

Hard, fine-grained, and compact; much inrepute by millwrights for cogs, friction

rollers, &c.