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Mr. J. HORNE.

63 Sections of Wood, of which 43, from No. 1 to No. 46, are from indigenous trees.

Sections of Mauritian Woods.

Names, Botanical and Local.

1 Labourdonnasia glauca 1 (Bois de Natte).

2 Colophania Mauritiana (B. Colophon).

3 Jossinia lucida (B. de 3

Clous).

4 Jambosa venosa. 4.

5 Blaekwellia glauca (Bois 5

Sagai).

6 Labourdonnasia revoluta 6

(B. de Natte).

Remarks on uses, &c.

All of this order are more or less durable woods. They comprise the so-called “ B. de Nattes,” all of which are used for house and shipbuilding, cabinet and furni­ture work. Barks good for tan­ning and dyeing, and seeds make excellent bird lime; diameter from two to four feet.

A resinous, heavy wood, much used for framing of carts, felloes of wheels, and in some parts of ships, buildings, breaks for rail­ways, carriages, waggons, &c. It is a large tree often attaining a diameter of six feet.

A slow growing tree. Wood very hard andlieavy,used in building; named from its extreme hardness. The Jambosas, of which there are five or six species in Mauritius, are woods commonly used for household purposes, tables, small planks, &e., one is used for the shafts of carriages. J. vulgars makes excellent charcoal, tool handles, &c.

Three kinds of Blaekwellia are used for building purposes, and for the axles of carts.

There are several kinds of “ B. de Natte,” all of which are good for all building purposes, and are not excelled in durability by any other kind of wood.