. A manual of the timbers of the world : their characteristics and uses : to which is appended an account by S. Fitzgerald of the artificial seasoning of timber. Timber. 126 THE TIMBERS OF THE WORLD Khaya and Entandrophragma.^ To distinguish between these genera and Swidenia requires the trained eye and experience of a botanist ; indeed so close is the resemblance that the botanist first describing an African species of the Entandrophragma named it Swietenia angolense. The mahoganies of America differ among themselves, and from the African mahoganies, yet certain American and African kinds agr
. A manual of the timbers of the world : their characteristics and uses : to which is appended an account by S. Fitzgerald of the artificial seasoning of timber. Timber. 126 THE TIMBERS OF THE WORLD Khaya and Entandrophragma.^ To distinguish between these genera and Swidenia requires the trained eye and experience of a botanist ; indeed so close is the resemblance that the botanist first describing an African species of the Entandrophragma named it Swietenia angolense. The mahoganies of America differ among themselves, and from the African mahoganies, yet certain American and African kinds agree so closely that even experienced practical men often find it difficult, if not unpossible, to distinguish between them. As a matter of fact, however, it is possible for the expert, especially when aided by the lens, to recognise the American or African source of any sample. So far, then, the woods of both continents are entitled to the name Pitoio^Taph by permissii^n 0/ Messrs E. Chaloner & Co. Lh'crpool. African Mahogany. Two Fine Figured Logs. Other genera of the same family, Meliaceae, pro\'ide woods more or less closely agreeing with mahogany, for instance : Carapa in Africa and America, Disoxylunt fraserianitm, the Australian mahogany or pencil cedar, Soymida fcbrifuga, the red-wood or mahogany of India. Other members of the Meliaceae supply so-called mahoganies or cedar-wood : such are species of Gttarea or Pscndocedrela in Africa (for instance, Sapeh mahogany is truly a scented cedar-wood derived from a Psetidoccdrda).'^ The meliaceous Cedrela is the source of cedar-woods in tropical America and Asia, and in Australia. Farther removed from mahoganj' are still ' According to H. N. 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 Howard, Alexander Liddon, 1863-1946; Fitzgeral
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