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USES OF PRINCIPAL WOODS.
SPECIES. | WHERE GROWN. | USES. |
Fir, white wood | North Europe | Common purposes in carpentry, packing cases, &c. |
Fir.„ Riga | Russia | Constructive purposes generally, superior for masts. |
Fir.„ Swedish | Sweden | Constructive purposes generally, inferior to Dantzic or Riga. |
Fir.„ Norway | Norway | Constructive purposes generally, inferior to Dantzic or Riga.„ |
Fir,„ Spruce | N. Europe and N. America | Light framing, floor boards, boats oars and spars, scaffold poles, &c. |
Forest light wood. | Australia | Cabinet work. |
Greenheart | Demerara | Keelsons, shelf pieces, and planking in ships, excellent for piles, &c. |
Grignon | French Guiana | Civil architecture, domestic arts. |
Grapiapunha | Brazil | Naval and civil architecture. |
Guarabu | Brazil„ | Naval and civil architecture.„ |
Gum, White | Australia | Constructive purposes in carpentry. |
Gum,„ Brown | Australia„ | Constructive purposes in carpentry.„ |
Gum,„ Curly. | Australia„ | Constructive purposes in carpentry.„ |
Gum,„ Red | Australia„ | Constructive purposes in carpentry.„ |
Gum,„ Swamp | Australia„ | Constructive purposes in carpentry.„ |
Hackmatack | North America | See Larch, American. |
Honeysuckle | Australia | Furniture work, boat-building. |
Hornbeam | Britain | Cogs in machinery, wheelwrights’ work, turnery, &c. |
Incaranda-tan | Brazil | Furniture and ornamental work. |
Incaranda-„cabiuna | Brazil„ | Furniture and ornamental work.„ |
Iron-bark | Australia | Ship-building, piles, agricultural implements, fencing, &c. |
Iron-wood | Burmah | See Pyengadu. |
Jarrah | Australia | Ship - building, piles, railway sleepers, agricultural implements. |
Jenipapo | Brazil | Carpentry, domestic arts. |
Juba . | Havana | A substitute for Sabicu, in ship-building, furniture, &c. |
Kahikatea | New Zealand | Indoor work in houses, packing-cases, &c. |
Kahikatoa | New Zeland„ | Architectural works, piles, domestic arts, &c. |
Kammone | Burmah | Constructive purposes generally. |
Kamonpew | Burmah„ | Constructive purposes generally.„ |
Kapor | Borneo | See Camphor. |
Karra | Philippine Islds. | Constructive purposes generally. |
Kari | West Australia | Piles, railway sleepers, agricultural implements, &c. |