WOODS OF ASIA— continued.
NAME.
Place of Growth.
Weight
per
Cubic Ft.
Specific
Gravity
No.
in Cata-logue.
REMARKS.
lbs.
oz.
Zizyphus —
_ 7
(Zeethee)
_
_
35
11
•571
879
'j
_
_
-
-
72
A very light soft wood, forming a good sub-
stitute for cork to the entomologist.
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_
— _
_
_
_
46
0
■73S
374
0
_
_
_
_
27
14
•446
424
0
_
_
_
_
41
6
•710
4-47
?
_
_
Arracan
_
_
33
9
• 537
492
7
_
_
_
_
43
5
• 693
686
0
_
_
} _
_
_
45
4
•724
6U3
7
_
_
_
_
_
50
5
• 805
703
7
_
_
_
_
_
_
70
1-121
704
5
_
_
_
_
_
_
38
12
•620
706
5
_
— _
_
_
_
_
32
9
•521
707
0
_
_
_
_
_
45
14
•731
717
3
_
_
_
_
_
48
9
* 777
719
7
_
_
_
_
_
_
C3
5
1-013
723
7
_
_
_
_
_
38
14
•622
726
7
_
_
_
_
_
37
5
•597
727
7
_
_
Tavoy
_
-
946
Used in house-building.
7
-
-
- -
-
-
-
41
0
•656
870
African oak —
> jj y
African teak - - — - -
Baphin nitida (Bar) — —
, , (Cam) - -
,, (Cam wood)Bar. See Baphia.
Cam wood. See Baphia.Columbice - — — —
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Oldfieldia Africana. See Africanoak.
Bed Sanger wood — - -
51 7
•823
124
Specimen of the best quality.
50 7
•807
125
An excellent wood for ship-building, and
50
0
•800
126
extensively imported for this purpose.Variety sometimes called “ Silver oak.”
52
9
•841
258
West Coast of
43 11
•699
259
50
9
•809
575
_ _
54 5
•809
369
Much used ar.d esteemed for ship-bui!dmg.
30 7
•583
06
another term for African oak.
Used for dyeing and turning.
_ _
34 13
*577
65
Used for dyeing and for turnery work.
Lion Hills -
-
283
Used for dyeing.
53
1
•849
206
Used in ship-building.
30
1
•481
127
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45 14
•734
128
y y
i
61
0
•976
100
Heavy and compact.
Abies alba (white spruce ) - -
Abies canadensis (hemlockspruce).
,, (hemlock) —
Acer eriocarpum (soft maple) -Acer Negundo (box elder, ash- !
leaved maple). j
Acer rubrum (red maple) - - j
Acer saccharinum (sugar maple):
I
(bird’s eye maple)
23
23
2336
24
38
38
39
40
130
0
140
6
6
15
381
368
368
590
384
G13
614
630
655
,, (curly maple) -
,, var. (bird’s eye
maple).
Acer-? (hard maple) -
Beech. SeeFagus.
Betula nigra (black birch)
-! 36 1036 0
39
10
35 7
• 586*576
*634
*567
Betula-? (birch) -
Black gum. See Nyssa.Box elder. See Acer.Butter nut. See Juglans.Butter wood - - -
30
11
•491
2S 12
•460
113
204
647
593
621
Used for common carpentry.
620
619
618
594
193
330
595
Used in ornamental work by carpenters andjoiners.
Used in common carpentry work.
Used for ornamental work; a peculiar growthof the tree.
108 Much used for ship-building in Canada andj Nova Scotia , but not a durable wood.
199 I An inferior wood.
564 j Used in ship-building.