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nearly so. Wood close-grained and heavy, hard, brown or reddish. It is best prop. by seeds, but may also be had from cuttings of half-ripened wood. C. pellocarpus...

popular throughout Europe but no longer factory-built. However, the wood's open grain, flexibility and light weight make it a popular choice for amateur...

(macassar, mun, and others). In most species in the genus this black ebony-type wood is (almost completely) absent: the timbers of such species may find restricted...

Korea, N. China. June; fr. in Sept.—The wood, according to Issa Tanimura, is dense and heavy with deep yellow grain; tree commonly cult. in Japan for ornament...

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the trunk. It is an excellent cabinetry timber with strong, tough, close grain. It is a soft pink, often figured and can be polished to a fine sheen. Used...

dried frs. are sometimes used as condiments. The wood is very hard and of interesting texture and grain. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia...

Vicia articulata Hornem. and Vicia narbonensis are cultivated as forage and grain legume for livestock or green manure. Vicia villosa, Vicia benghalensis and...

distinguishable by the broad lid. Wood of a pale yellowish color: remarkable for hardness and strength, heavy, the grain close and twisted: shrinks but little...

Gulf Coastal Plains. It is slow growing with soft, light-colored, fine-grained wood of little commercial value, although loblolly-bay could be managed as...

Aromatic and bitter. The wood is light yellow to brown, and the sapwood creamy white; light, soft, brittle, close, straight-grained. Sp. gr., 0.4230; weight...

Butternut wood is light in weight and takes polish well, is highly rot resistant, but is much softer than Black Walnut wood. Oiled, the grain of the wood usually...

takes a good polish, possesses a beautiful grain, and is readily stained. Furniture made from blue-gum wood and properly stained has every appearance of...

Cyclopedia of Horticulture Chalcas (from Greek for copper, as the wood has a copper-colored grain). Murraea of Koenig. Rutaceae. Small spineless trees or shrubs...

female cones. Pollen grains from living pinophyte species produce pollen tubes, much like those of angiosperms. When a pollen grain lands near a female...

the apex.— One species in Japan, with very strong and straight-grained, nearly white wood. The umbrella pine is a very handsome tree of narrow pyramidal...

epiphytes. The timber is an excellent cabinetry timber with strong, tough, close grain. It is a soft pink and can be polished to a fine sheen. It is used for cabinet...

finally reddish brown. Contains tannin. Wood: Light brown, sapwood nearly white; light, soft, coarse-grained and durable in contact with the soil. Winter...

Creole. The wood is hard and durable, and is said to be well adapted to building purposes as well as cabinet-work; it is beautifully grained and takes a...

trunk 2-4 ft. diam. and a beautiful crown. The wood is extremely heavy and hard, strong and close-grained, very durable in contact with the ground and easily...