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

•WOODS, NATIVE OF OR GROWN IN BRITAIN — continued.

1

NAME.

. Place of Growth.

Weight

per

Cubic Ft.

Specific

Gravity

No.

in Cata-logue.

REMARKS.

Pyrus torminalis - - - -

Isle of Wight —

lbs. oz.42 7

•679

372

Strong and fine-grained ; used for turners.

Qucrcus ilex (evergreen oak) -

Wandsworth -

47 5

•757

599

Vi ood very shaky when aged ; is durable and

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Quercus pedunculata (English

Surrey - -

47 4

40 2

• 756•642

88

656

strong, and makes an excellent charcoal.

Sussex - —

39 0

•624

104

This oak is much esteemed for ship-building;

oak).

,, ,, (pollard oak)

Wandsworth —

44 10

•714

504

the strongest and most durable of British woods.

From an old pollard tree.

n ,, (common oak)

Epping - -

40 14

•651

542

Part of a large lower branch.

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40 11

*651

553

Part of a large branch.

Quercus sessiliflora (Welsh

_ _

37 11

•603

262

A good wood for ship-building; said to be

oak).

Quercus suher (cork tree) - -

Botanic Garden,

51 10

•826

503

inferior to the common oak.

Heavy and durable, but very apt to split.

Quercus sp . (American oak) -

Chelsea.Wandsworth -

42 9

•681

608

Hard and compact.

,, (bastard oak) — —

Tacklev, Oxon

33 6

‘534

30

,, (Spanish oak) - -

Oxfordshire -

43 13

•701

29

Close-grained, and apparently a good wood.

Rhamnus alaturnus — — -

Mortlake - -

48 6

♦774

652

Hard and close-grained.

Rhamnus catharticus — — -

Epping Forest

34 11

*555

539

Rhamnus franguia — - -

Epping - -

25 8

•408

541

Robinia pseud-acacia (common

44 1

*705

550

Specimen from the upper part of the main

acacia, locust).

Wandsworth -

40 11

•651

600

stem; much used for treenails in ship-building, and in the United States ismuch in repute for posts and rails.

Mortlake — -

55 6

•886

703

Salix alba (white willow ) - -

Surrey — -

24 14

•398

658

Used for toys, and bv the millwright; is

Salix caprea (palm sallow) —

Oxfordshire —

24 8

•332

799

tough, elastic, and durable.

Tough and elastic ; is much used for handles

Salix fragilis (crack willow) -

32 0

•392

28

to tools, and makes good hurdles.

Light, pliant, and tough; is said to be very

Salix-? (back sallow) — —

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33 8

■512

•536

•474

•544

79

durable.

Tough and elastic; well adapted for turning.

Sallow. See Salix .

Sambucus nigra (common elder)

34 0

896

27

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Scotch nr. See Pinus .

Service tree. See Pyrus.

Silver fir. See Pinus .

Spruce fir. See Abies .

Sycamore. See Acer.

Syringa vulgaris (lilac) — —

Epping - -

37 11

•603

561

Wandsworth —

48 15

•783

606

Very hard and compact.

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Taxus baccata (yew ) - — —

Surrey - -

48 13

•781

655

Used for making bows, chains, handles, &c.;

_ _

41 9

•665

54

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Thuja orientalis - - - -

West Grinstead

50 12

•812

801

the wood is exceedingly durable, verytough, elastic, and fine-grained.

Mortlake — -

34 14

•558

308

Tilia europeea (common lime) -

Wandsworth -

27 3

•435

597

Used for cutting-blocks, carving, sounding-

Tilia sp. (Scotch lime) - -

Scotland — —

30 5

•485

773

boards and toys.

Used for turning and carving.

Tulip tree. Sec Liriodendron.Ulex curopsea (furze) — - —

Ilfracombe -

52 8

•840

314

Heavy, hard, and close-grained ; in the north

Ulmus campestris (English elm)

30 9

of Devonshire the stem reaches 6 inchesin diameter sometimes.

Used in ship-building for under-water plank-

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,, ,, (common elm)

Oxfordshire —

26 5

41 9

34 13

•489•421■665• 557

317

105

779

81

ing, and a variety of other purposes, beingvery durable when kept wet or buried inthe earth.

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Epping - -

39 7

•631

537

Part of one of the lower branches of a young

,, ,, (pollard elm)

West Grinstead

31 13

•509

802

vigorous tree.

From an old pollard tree.

Ulmus montana (wych elm) -

Oxfordshire -

35 14

•574

89

Thought to be better than common elm, and

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\ine. See vitis.

Vitis vinifera (vine) - - -

Epping - -

36 5

•581

538

is used in carpentry, ship-building, &c.

Wandsworth —

42 11

•683

609

Walnut. See Juglans.

Willow. See Salix .

Yew. See Taxus .