Class IV.]

CLASSIFIED LIST OF WOODS OF THE WEST INDIES.

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"WOODS OF THE "WEST INDIES —continued.

NAME.

Place of Growth.

Weight

per

Cubic Ft.

Specific

Gravity

No.

in Cata*logue.

REMARKS.

lbs.

ozs.

Calabash. See Crescentia.

Cedar. See Cedrcla.

Cedar ------

*27

15

•447

364

From the Spanish ship “Gibraltar, ” built in

1757.

,, bastard. See Bubroma.

,, common — — — -

Santa Martha

_

38

11

■619

731

Used for common carpentry.

Cedrcla odorata (cedar) - -

Jamaica -

_

23

8

•376

733

Largely used in Jamaica , for flooring, doors,

51

9

•825

740

&c.

Hard, tough, and durable.

Coccoloba uvifera (sea-side

grape).

Cocus. See Amerimnum.Ca*urbaril. See Hymenaea.Crescentia cucurbitina (calabash)

35

0

•560

743

Bather soft, but tough and durable.

Dogwood. See Piscidia.

Eugenia pimenta (pimento) -

GO

3

•963

742

Hard, tough, and durable.

Eicus-? (white fig) - -

? ? -

-

30

7

•487

739

Useless, except for fuel.

Fig , red ----- -

? ? _

-

25

9

•409

756

,, white. See Ficus .

Guiacum officinale (lignum vitae)

_

71

8

1-144

39

Used in machinery, and by the turner.

Haematoxylon campechianum

-

-

62

Used for dyeing, and occasionally by turners.

(log wood).

Hard wood -----

Trinidad -

_

63

8

1-016

566

Used in ship-building.

,, -----

Saint Lucia

-

36

15

•591

570

Hibiscus tiliaceus (blue mahoe)Hogplum. See Spondias.

Jamaica -

-

36

8

•584

747

Remarkable for toughness.

Horseflesh , or Mangrove — —

,, -

-

45

15

* 735

129

Sometimes used in ship-building.

Hymenaea coeurbaril (Coeurbaril)

- _

60

14

•974

35

Used for ornamental furniture.

Laurus -? (timber sweet-

Jamaica -

-

44

11

•715

750

wood).

Lignum vitae. See Guiacum.Logwood. See Haematoxylon.Mahoe. See Hibiscus .

Mahogany. See Swietenia.

Mangrove. See Horseflesh .

Muss wood — — — — —

3G

6

■582

751

Orange, wild -----

-

53

14

•862

748

A hard and durable wood, but not a true

Pimento. See Eugenia.

Citrus .

Piscidia erythrina ? (dogwood)

-

54

13

•877

735

Wood hard and durable.

Potato wood — — — - —

Prickly yellow. See Xanthoxy-

y >

—

29

8

•472

752

lum).

Sabicu ------

Cuba - -

_

57

5

•917

674

An excellent wood for beams and planking in

ships.

-

64

9

1-033

675

Used in ship-building, and much approved in

the Government yards.

> >

y y “ ”

-

63

10

1-018

732

Portion of a large beam, which broke merelyin falling from a truck.

Seaside Grape. See Coccoloba.Shad bark -----

m aica —

41

4

•660

753

Spondias graveolens (Hogplum)

-

25

11

•411

741

Wood soft and valueless.

Swietenia Mahogani (Bay ma-

Honduras -

-

26

8

•424

571

Used for furniture and for ship-buildiDg,

hogany).

called “ Common southern.”

> > 5 ?

-

25

13

•413

772

Used in ship-building, called “ Common

southern.”

> J >1

-

42

11

•683

770

Used in ship-building, called “ Superior

northern.”

J > M

> >

-

31

11

•507

768

Used in ship-building, called “ Good north-

J » ?)

,,

-

36

0

•576

769

Used in ship-building, called “Commonnorthern.”

,, (Cuba ma-

Cuba - -

-

46

11

*747

458

Specimen from the exterior of the butt of

hogany).

> > » >

y y ~

-

49

10

•794

456

a log.

Specimen from the exterior of the top of alog.

Specimen from the outside of the butt of

,, (Honduras

mahogany).

Honduras -

26

8

•424

466

a log, quality inferior.

y y y >

, , -

-

39

6

•630

468

y y y y

-

26

o

•418

467

Specimen from the interior of the butt of a

log, quality inferior.

y y y y

-

35

13

* 573

471

Specimen from the interior of the butt of

a log, quality good.

y y y y

., -

34

11

•555

470

Specimen from the exterior of the butt of a

log, quality good.

5 y y y

J 5 ”

-

44

1

•705

469

Specimen from the interior of the top of a log.

y y y y

y y (Spanish mahogany)Terminalia latifolia (broad leaf)

-

36

9

•585

460

Specimen from the exterior of the top of a log

Cuba - -

—

48

6

•764

32

Much used for furniture.

Jamaica -

_

35

0

•560

Timber sweetwood. See Laurus.

Trinidad Mangrove - - -

Tropic birch. See Bursera.

Trinidad -

61

15

•991

569

Very hard, firifl, and close grained,