USE OF PRINCIPAL WOODS.
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SPECIES. | WHERE GROWN. | USES. |
Panacoco | French Guiana | A strong wood for constructive purposes, furniture, &c. |
Pangira | Zambesi | For ship and house building. |
Pao-preta | Zambesi„ | Cabinet work, turnery, &c. |
Pao-„terra | Zambesi„ | A ship-building wood, also for furniture. |
Pao-„ferro | Zambesi„ | A substitute for Sabicu. |
Pao-„fava | Zambesi„ | A substitute„ for Mahogany. |
Pao-de-pezo. | Brazil | A substitute„ for Lignum Vitæ. |
Pao-„setim | Brazil„ | Generally in the domestic arts. |
Parewah | Burmah | Constructive purposes generally, piles, &c. |
Penthityah . | Burmah„ | Constructive purposes generally, piles, &c.„ |
Peguy . | Brazil | Ship-building, carpentry, &c. |
Peppermint, brown | Australia | Constructive purposes generally, charcoal, &c. |
Peppermint,„ white | Australia„ | Constructive purposes generally, charcoal, &c.„ |
Peroba-pardu | Brazil | Ship-building. |
Peroba-„branca | Brazil„ | Ship-building,„ furniture, domestic arts. |
Peroba-„vermetho | Brazil„ | A substitute for Cedar or Mahogany. |
Pine, Red | Canada | Constructive purposes generally, masts, &c. |
Pine,„ Yellow | Canada„ | Cabinet and joiners' work, fittings, patterns, masts, &c. |
Pine,„ Pitch | North America | Cabinet and joiners' work, outside planks for ships, masts, &c. |
Pine,„ Oregon | West Coast of N. America | Constructive purposes generally, masts, &c. |
Pine,„ Kaurie | New Zealand | Cabinet and joiners' work, fittings, patterns, masts, &c. |
Pine,„ celery-topped | V. Diemen's Land | Constructive purposes in carpentry. |
Pingow | Borneo | Planks, beams, piles, constructive purposes generally. |
Pingue | Zambesi | A substitute for Lignum Vitæ. |
Pink wood | Australia | Constructive purposes, cabinet work. |
Piquea-marfim | Brazil | Cabinet work, a substitute for satin wood. |
Plum tree | Australia | Furniture, gun stocks, &c. |
Pohutukawa. | New Zealand | Ships' frames, carpentry, agricultural implements. |
Puriri | New Zealand„ | Ships' frames, carpentry, agricultural implements.„ |
Pugatea | New Zealand„ | Civil architecture, domestic arts. |
Pyengadu | Burmah | Constructive purposes generally, piles, &c. |
Raiz-de-Pingue | Zambesi | See Pao-preto. |