. Wood; a manual of the natural history and industrial applications of the timbers of commerce. Wood; Timber. CLASSIFICATION OF HARD-WOODS 47 exposure to light : sapwood yellowish white : odourless. Mulberry. Morus. , (b) Vessels in summer wood small or minute, usually solitary : heartwood cherry-red. Coffee Tree, Gymnoclddus. %XX% Pith-rays fine, but very conspicuous to the naked eye : heartwood rose-red to brownish : sapwood pale lemon or greenish white; vessels open. Honey-Locust, Gleditschia. ^ . JJJJJ Pith-rays rather coarse, lustrous : heartwood brownish or greyish orange : sapwood broad
. Wood; a manual of the natural history and industrial applications of the timbers of commerce. Wood; Timber. CLASSIFICATION OF HARD-WOODS 47 exposure to light : sapwood yellowish white : odourless. Mulberry. Morus. , (b) Vessels in summer wood small or minute, usually solitary : heartwood cherry-red. Coffee Tree, Gymnoclddus. %XX% Pith-rays fine, but very conspicuous to the naked eye : heartwood rose-red to brownish : sapwood pale lemon or greenish white; vessels open. Honey-Locust, Gleditschia. ^ . JJJJJ Pith-rays rather coarse, lustrous : heartwood brownish or greyish orange : sapwood broad, yellowish : broad zone of very large open pores. Fig. 33.—Transverse section of African Oak (Lophira aldta), a type of the Dipterocarpdcecc. in spring wood : vessels in autumn wood 1-5 together in segments of circles. Aildnihus. ** Strikingly dendritic : pores in summer wood minute or small, appearing as finely feathered hatchings on tangential sections. t Vessels 1-8 together : pith-rays fine, but distinct. J Heartwood yellowish or greenish brown to black, hard : sapwood narrow, yellowish. Laburnum. %% Heartwood greenish or yellowish white, hard, heavy : sapwood not differing. Hackberry. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Boulger, George Simonds, 1853-1922. London, E. Arnold
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