AT IAST WE HAVE FOUND ONE!

We have searched continuously for someti'ne for a mill that manufactures and ehipr a product that would be pleasing to the mort exacting buyer and a product that ia exclled by none.

We have just completed arangements with the

To reprcsent them exclusively in California and Arizona in the sale of their product

(Continued from Page 44) phants. Teakwood in this country is used principally for shipwork such as decking, rails, deckhouses, etc., but in Europe it is highly prized for furniture and interior finish.

WALNUT

"Juglans Nigra." This familiar dark brown wood has a hard and smoo,th texture and beautiful grain. It has for centuries been highly prized for cabinet work, furniture carving and interior finish as well as gun stocks. The Mississippi Valley supplies practically all the Walnut used on the Pacific Coast. Ciroassian Walnut from the sho'res of the Black Sea was at one tim,e very popular. The latter wood has a greater variety of color and filgure than the American Walnut, showing at times marvelous and weird designs. French and Italian Walnut were the woods from which much of the European antique furniture was made. During the world war great quantities of black Walnut were used for aeroplane propellers, and gun stocks.

Lignum Vitae

"Guayacan Officinale." This Central American and West Indian wood is one of the hardest and heaviest known. The heart wood is greenish 'brown in color with a ring of yellow sap. The grain is so extremely close that the wood has the appearance of a solid mass like metal. Lignum Vitae is used largely forthe 'stern bearings in steamship,s. The silky nature of the wood combined with its naturaf oil which forms a lubricant in conjunction with the water makes it ideal for this purpose. Bowling alley balls, saw guides and rnany other uses consume large quantities of Lignum Vitae. It is sold by the pound.

Mahogany

"Swietenia Mahogonii." This name is applied properly and improperly to a great m,any kinds of wood. In judging as to the legitim.ate use of the name,it must be remembered that originally Mahogany was obtained solely from the West Indies, and subsequently from the ,mtainland of America, and that it gained its unique reputation not only because of its decorative qualities such as color, figure, Iustre and capability of taking a high polish,,but als,o because of its mechanical characteristics, which include relative hardness and remarkably slight shrinkage, so that the wood stand.s well.

From this it is pl'ain that to give the name of Mahogany to other woods which merely resemble it in c,olor and general appearance, is unjustifiable. Yet the name has been ap- plied in the trade to many woods which have little agrei- ,ment with Mahogany except in color. These include Philippine Mahogany, Hawaiian Mah,ogany, Australian Mahogany, etc. The true Mahogany is of the genus "Sweten,ia" a native of the Americas. The African M,ahoganies while belonging to a different genera "Entandrophragma" resemble the "Swetenia" sufficiently in foliage, flowers, seeds and wood. to be classed as Mahogany. Mahogany is prob,ably the best known cabinet wood. The name of its color. -a shade of red, has been incorporated into our language as a definite descriptive word. The beautiful grain, fine fi,gure, rich color .combined with its staying qualities and &pa- bility of taking a high polish, ,m,ake it the wood par, exCellence for furniture, pianos, house finish and a thousand other uses. The lumber used on this coast is im,p,6ftsd from the west coast of Central America and also is bro,ught in from the eastern cities of the United States where it is manufactured into lumber

"Dipterocarp T)'pe." Much of this wood o,r type of wood is used in the United States. It is softer and more ,open in

I{either the Architect

-who specifies Redwood the Contractor rho builds with Redwood nor the l)ealer

-who supplies Redwood finds it necessary to cross the street when meeting the man whose home is built of California Redwood.

Homes Built of Redwood Last for Generations

(Continued from Page 45) quality it is more a question of inclividual trees, of differgra_in than g".toitt;Mrhoguny, b,rt tf* i*t tf...t it *rn* ence in -quality due to the kind of soil, exposure to monin fine l";;.'.1.;;l;aras, &cJpt for pin worm holes, makes soons' elevation above sea level and similar causes than a it a most?e.i."Ut. lu,m,ber and its very reason"bl"-'p;l;; i; question of variety, and so it is that all these are for maralso a consi,derable item in its favor. A number of varieties ke.t. purposes grouped under the one or two names. These ol philipfing-;;ir_rt. marketed as philifpin. M"t"g";). ',vhite or light colored woods are in texture very close to These aie all of the Dipte-."rf typ"-, *hi.t includes a large th.e reds. and.for -export a certain per cent of the white is per cent of all philippine timber. There are a considerable tf:tllt^l:t the shipm'ent, all under the name of Philippine number of families and varieties, which have been recog- rvr4rrv54rrJ' nized and described b^y tfre botanists, and-many more thit The red woods "f thir gt""p "r., are not accurately defined. The species of the same fam'ily Shorea Polysperma ..Tanguile seem to run together in a way which might be expected Shorea Sp.-.......r .....Red Liuan fromcrossfertilization,if suchactionshouLdoccur, liratle Shorea Squamata ..:.Irnry"fi. definitionbetweenthe-allie-dspeciesisnotclear..Forin-ShoreaSp'.. stance, Tanguile and Red Lauan grade into each other in The Red Lauan and Tia,ong are not yet named. b! the such a manner that while the grea.ler part of the lumber Botanists, and so lack species"names. fh. Ti"ong is not from these two varieties can be distinguished by an expert, plentiful and cuts little figure in the market. The wood is there are a considerable number of simples whjch lie be- ied, the grain fine, but the color is flat and unattractive. tween the two and which might-b-elong to either. The sa,me The Mayipis is of good quality, shades from white to red, is true as regards the white and light coloredJLauan. It is and is ciasiified witl whiie or'red Lauan according to colcustomary on the Manila market to sell all the whites as or. The true Tanguile is of good color, strong and?urable, white Lauan or Almon, and all the reds as Tanguile, or for lighter in weight ihan Red L"auan ,and can be"distinguished export it is called Mahogany.The_ principal varieties which from the lattei by the ordinary observer only in casei where are sold under the name of white Lauan are: the finer pores ind slight difference in grain and texture

Pentaome Contorta .. White Lauan are well mirked. Diffeience in weight is sTight, and in some Shorea S_quamata ......-._...Mayapis samplestheTanguilewillbeheavie"r.

Shorea Polita ..Malaanonang eit tne above-varieties, white ,and red, show the ribbon Shorea Eximia .. .Almon grain in the quartersawn lumber. The defects which are Shorea Pl-rilip_pinensis ... .....Mangasinoro' irost commonare fine pinholes which are common in wood

Parashorea MalaanonanC .'.. .....-..Bagtican from certain districts, ind inferiority in qualitl' due to un-

These have many different na'mes in differe'nf localities favorable location, besides these of iour.e ate ihe ordinary and the names are not infrequently interchanged. They are defects f,ound in all timrber. all of about equal strength, vary little in the gnain and texture of the wood, and there is practically nothing to choose MAPLE among them. While there is considerable variation in the "Acer Saccharum." This light colored wood is dnawn