Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1880 [PAGE 97]

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95 Satin wood, Ferolia Guianensis. W. Indies and S. America; medium hardness, yellow. Ornamental work, cabinet making, furniture, veneers. Saul, Shorea robusta. India; hard, light brown. Building. Scotch fir—See Fir, Scotch. Service-tree, Amelanchier Canadensis.^ EasVU. States; hard, durable, red. Handles, tools, turning. She-oak, Casuarina quadrivalvis. Tasmania; hard. Cabinet work, furniture. Silver-wood, Leucadendron Argenteum. S. Africa; hard, beautifully marked. Furniture, cabinet making. Sissoo, Dalbergia sissoo. India; hard, light, brown. Ships. Snake wood—See Leopard wood. Spice tree—See Laurel, California. Spindle tree, Euonymous Europeus. England; soft, yellow. Skewers, turning. Spoon wood—See Laurel. Spruce, Abies nigra. North U. States; medium hardness, reddishyellow. Building, spars, timber, paper. Spruce, Picea Engelmanni. Pacific States; medium hardness, light yellow. Building. Spruce, Picea sitchensis. Alaska; medium hardness, light. Spruce, black—See Pine, Douglass. Spruce, Douglas', Pseudotsuga Douglasii. Pacific States; medium hardness, reddish-yellow. Building, masts, spars. Spruce, white, Picea alba. British America; light. Spars. Stringy-bark, Eucalyptusfabrorum. Australia; hard. Building. Sycamore—See Plane. (Acer pseudo plat anus). Sycamore, Platanus oceidentalis. United States; hard, reddish. Turning cheap furniture. Sycamore fig, Ficus sigamorus. Egypt; soft. Furniture, coffins. Tamarack—See Hackmetack. Teak, African; Oldfieldia Africana. W. Africa; hard, ships, build. Teak, Indian; Tectona grandis. India; hard, light brown. Ships, E. B. cars, building. Thorn, Crataegus punctata. E. United States; hard, light red. Turning, cabinet making. Toothache-tree—See Ash, prickly. Toqua. N. India; dark colored. Ornamental. Tulip tree—See Poplar, white. Tulip-wood. Brazil; hard, reddish. Cabinet making, ornamental. Tulip-wood, Harpulia pendula. Australia; hard. Veneers, cabinet making, turning, ornamental work. Tupelo—See Gum, sour. Turtle-wood. Surinam. Turning. Walnut, black, Juglans nigra. Mid. United States; medium hardness, dark brown. Furniture, cabinet making, turning, veneers, organ cases, ornamental work. Walnut, English; Juglans regia. Europe; hard, light brown. Furniture, veneers, gunstocks, ornamental work. Walnut, French. Persia, Asia Minor. Veneers, ornamental work. Walnut, white; Juglans cinerea. United States; soft, yellowishbrown. Furniture, cabinet making, ornamental work. Whahoo—See Elm, winged.