The Encyclopedia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literatureWith new maps, and original American articles by eminent writersWith American revisions and additions, bringing each volume up to date . g Tea Planters Companion, Lonfloii, 188G See also p8iliiinienldr>papers and ofRcial publications of Indian Oovernmen . Jour hoy Aiiatic Soc _Jour. Agri. and Ilorti. Soc, qf India, Soc oj Arts Jvum .Ac (J PA > TEAK 103 TEAK may justlyje called the most valuable of allKnown timbers. For use in tropical countries it has noequal, and for certain purposes it is preferable to o
The Encyclopedia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literatureWith new maps, and original American articles by eminent writersWith American revisions and additions, bringing each volume up to date . g Tea Planters Companion, Lonfloii, 188G See also p8iliiinienldr>papers and ofRcial publications of Indian Oovernmen . Jour hoy Aiiatic Soc _Jour. Agri. and Ilorti. Soc, qf India, Soc oj Arts Jvum .Ac (J PA > TEAK 103 TEAK may justlyje called the most valuable of allKnown timbers. For use in tropical countries it has noequal, and for certain purposes it is preferable to otherjvoods intemperate climates also. Its price is higher thanthat of any other timber, except Great effortshave been made to find substitutes, but no timber has beenbrought to market in sufficient quantities combining themany valusble qualities which teak possesses. The first good figure and description of the tree wasjliven by Rlicede.* The younger Linna;us called it Tedonayiaiulis. It is a large deciduous tree, of the natural orderWrbcitwex, with a tall straight stem, a spreading crown,the branclilets four-sided, with largo quadrangular is a native .t^O Indian peninsulas, and^ I T«ak {Tedona grnndis).found in the Philippine Islands, Java, and other islandsof the Malay Archipelago. In India proper its northernlimit is 24° 40on the west side of the Aravalli Hills, andin tlie centre , in 25° 30 N. lat. In liurmahit extends to the Mogoung district, in lat. ° 10. InBengal or Assam it is not indigenous, but plantations havebeen formed in Assam as far as the 27th parallel. In thePunjab it is grown in gardens to the 32d.^^Teak requires a tropical climate, and the most importantforests are found in the moister districts of India, whereduring the summer months heavy rains are brought-bythe south-west monsoon, the winter months being the interior of the Indian peninsula, where the meaniirtnual rainfall is less than 30 inch
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