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[Class IV.
WOODS OF CHIN A— continued.
43.
Tsung muh - -
Used for fuel and boxes.
44.
Tu muh — —
1’ine ______
Used for furniture.
45.
Varnish-wood -
Cannaium alba.
46.
M oo tung — —
Dryandra cordifolia - - -
Wood used for musical instruments.
47.
'Wutungmuh -
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48.
Ying mull - —
Knot-wood, or Amboyna-wood.
49.
Img - - -
- -
Sapwood of a kind of beech.
50.
Y ung muh — —
— —
Wood of the bastard banian.
WOODS OF EGYPT.
Fine specimens of the chief woods of Egypt are shown in the collection of Egyptian raw produce; the specimensarc very good, and their interest is still further increased by their being accompanied by some of the agriculturaland other implements made from them. The “ Bois de Nalth,” a hard, dark-coloured wood, resembling ebony,appears likely to be useful. 'The Acacia wood also seems to be a useful durable wood. The woods shown are :—
1. Acacia. ; 4. Date. j 6. Ebony of Sennar. | 8. Sycamore. Ficus
2. Alizier wood. j 5. Doom palm. Cuci- 7. Sweet palm. ; Sycamorus.
3. Azaderak. | fera Thebaica. ! •
A higlily-valuable collection of the woods of Algeria is shown in the Algerian Department of the French Col-lections. These specimens are remarkable for their beauty, and for the skilful and instructive manner in whichthey are exhibited. Some of them are rather small, hut in all cases they are characteristic and well selected.Some of the woods are comparatively new to this country. They are as follows:—
1. Thuya-articule; an evergreen tree
2. Pin pinier; an evergreen tree -
3. Grand cypres dTtalic; an evergreentree.
4. Ricin; a deciduous tree — - —
5. Jujubier sative - — — — —
6. Aune; a deciduous tree — - -
7. Pin maritime; an-evergreen tree —
8. Saule fragile ; a deciduous tree —
9. Genevricr Pherucien - — -
10. Grand cypres - - — — —
11. Sumac Thereza - - — - —
12. Jujubier des lotophages; a decidu-ous tree.
13. Phillyrca ; a deciduous tree — —
14. Lentisque commun — — — -
15. Chene-zeen — - — - — -
16. Grand bruyere arborescente, ever-green tree.
17. Cedre ; an evergreen tree — -
18. Figuier sauvage,—bois ternlre afeuillescaduques ; a deciduous tree.
19. Pistachier-tcrebinthe; a deciduoustree.
20. Cytise -------
21. Tamaris; evergreen tree - -
22. Saule-marceau ; a deciduous tree —
23. Terebinthc, ou le faux pistac-hier —
25. Olivier sauvage - - - — -
26. Sorbier cormier; a deciduous tree.
27. Arbousier; an evergreen tree —
28. Arbousier ------
29. Cerisier sauvage; a deciduous tree
30. Erable Napoiitain; a deciduoustree.
31. Laurier-rose ; a deciduous tree —
32. Lierre ; evergreen tree - — -
33. Pin d’Alep ; evergreen tree - —
31. Myrthe ; evergreen tree - — —
35. Prunelier sauvage; a decjduoustree,
Thuja articulata, Desf. ? 6 X 5 X 2. Close groin, hard, heart-wood (duramen)bright chestnut-coloured, resinous; recent layers (alburnum) cream-yellow.This wood is supposed by some to be the u sandal-wood ” of the ancients.
Pinus Pinea, 6 X 2£ X l \. Specimen from a young tree, in bark ; a resinous wood.
Cuprcssus, sp. (?) G X 3.j X 2$ ; in bark ; a resinous wood.
Paliurus, (?) 6 X 4 X 2£ ; an exceedingly soft, light, weak wood; in bark. (PalmaChristi , or Christ’s thorn).
Zizipbus, sp. 6X5X2. An exceedingly close, fine-grained wood, heavy ; heartbright-red chestnut, recent layers, pale ochreous ; in bark.
Alnus, 6X9X2; a light, though fine, and close-grained, soft weak wood, of ailuniform reddish-yellow throughout; in bark.
Pinus maritima. (?) 6X8X2, in bark ; a resinous wood.
Salix fragilis, (?) GX1J-X 1*, in bark : a soft and weak wood.
Juniperus Phcenicca, (?) 8X5X2. This specimen was cut from a portion of atree having a diameter of about 9 inches only ; in bark ; from Zeralda.
Cuprcssus, sp., 94 X 4 X 2, from a tree 1 metre in diameter ; from the environsof Bledah.
Rhus, sp., 9£ X 4 X 2. Wood heavy ; its longitudinal section exhibits numerousopen cells ; in bark.
Ziziphus, sp., 6X1X1; in bark ; a hard wood.
Phillyrca, sp., 6 X 5* X 2 ; a close-grained, hard, and heavy wood.
Pistacia, sp., S X 5 X 2£ ; a hard, heavy wood.
-8 X 5£ X 2 ; a tree, a metre in diameter, from Edough.
-— 6£ X2 X 2. Wood fine, close-grained, hard. (Tree-like heath.)
Cuprcssus, sp., 6X6X2; in bark ; resinous wood.
Ficus Carica , 6X6X2; a soft and weak wood.
Pistacia terebintkus, 8 X 6£ X 2. Wood close-grained, bard, heavy, and resinous.
Cytisus, sp., 9X2^ X 1{. "Wood fine and close-grained, hard, heavy; heartchestnut; recent layers narrowly white.
Tamarix, 6XG|X 2£, in bark ; a resinous wood.
Salix. , sp., 6X6X2; a fine-grained, soft, and weak wood ; light wood, in bark.
-a large tree, 1*3 metre in diameter.
Cercis siliqnastrum, 8 X 7 X 1, in bark; a tree, 9 in. in diameter, from Monzaia.
Olea, sp., 6 X 6 X 2, in bark ; a tree, 10 inches in diameter, from Monzaia.
Sorbus torminalis, 6 X X 2$ ; shows a diameter of about 11 inches ; in bark ;a hard wood.
Arbutus, sp., 6X7X2; shows a diameter of about 12 inches ; in bark ; a hardwood.
Arbutus, sp., 13 X 8^ X 1 ; bark on both longitudinal edges ; a tree, 10 inches indiameter, from Monzaia.
Primus, sp., 6 X 6 X 2, in hark.
Acer, sp., 6X4X2, in bark ; shows a diameter of about 5 inches only ; a hardwood.
Kerium Oleander, 8 X 3£ X 2 ; fine and clcse grain, hard, though light; shows adiameter of about 6 inches ; in bark.
Iledera, sp., showing diameter of about 3j$ inches; a very light, soft, weak, open-grained wood.
Pinus, sp., 6 X 5 X 2£-; shows a diameter of about 8 inches ; in bark ; a resinouswood.
Myrtus, sp., 6X3X2; a fine, close, even-grained wood, hard and ponderous *in bark.
Primus, sp., 6 X 3 X ; a fine, close-grained, hard, and rather heavy wood; in