. A description and history of vegetable substances, used in the arts, and in domestic economy . macerated in it, they lose their beauty, andbecome of a dingy brown. The red is deepenedby alkaline applications, especially lime-water; butstrong acids destroy the colour. When the surface iscovered by a colourless varnish, which displays thenatural tints without altering any of them, goodmahogany appears to the greatest advantage. The Febrifuga, or East India mahogany, is a verylarge tree. It grows in the mountainous parts ofcentral Hindostan, rises to a great height with astraight trunk, which,
. A description and history of vegetable substances, used in the arts, and in domestic economy . macerated in it, they lose their beauty, andbecome of a dingy brown. The red is deepenedby alkaline applications, especially lime-water; butstrong acids destroy the colour. When the surface iscovered by a colourless varnish, which displays thenatural tints without altering any of them, goodmahogany appears to the greatest advantage. The Febrifuga, or East India mahogany, is a verylarge tree. It grows in the mountainous parts ofcentral Hindostan, rises to a great height with astraight trunk, which, towards the upper part, throws 152 VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES. out many branches. The head is spreadinoj, andthe leaves have some resemblance to those of theAmerican species. The wood is of a dull red colour,not so beautiful as common mahogany, but muchharder, heavier, and more durable. The natives ofIndia account it the most lasting- timber that theircountry produces, and therefore they employ it intheir sacred edifices, and upon every occasion wherethey wish to combine strength with Swietenia chlorurylon. The Chloroxylon is chiefly found in the mountainsof the Sircars, that run parallel to the bay of Bengal,to the of the mouth of the River tree does not attain the same size as either of theformer, and the appearance of the wood is is of a deep yellow, nearly of the same colour asbox, from which ii does not differ much in durability;and it could be applied to the same purposes. Chapter VII. SHRUBS PRODUCING HARD TIMBER, FRUIT-TREES, AND FANCY WOODS. TREES OF SMALLER GROWTH, AND SHRUBS, MOSTLYPRODUCING VERY HARD TIMBER. Not to multiply too much the subdivisions of thisbrief sketch, it will not be amiss to class under onehead a few of the principal plants that are comprisedin the above description, though they have no botani-cal relationship; though they be natives of differentcountries ; and though some be deciduous, and othersevergreens. 1
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