Descriptive Catalogue of the Woods Commonly Employed in this Country for the Mechanical and ... by John Forbes Royle

Author:John Forbes Royle
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Holtzapffel & Co.
Published: 1843-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

ROSE-WOOD—oon/inued.

mfttter in which the odour, rpBemLliiig (hat of tho flower Ai

mny arise. Bose-WDod contains bo mucli gum anil oil, that amall Bpli

make excolleat malcbee tor lightiog panclles.

The eoloara oF roae-wmiil arc from hgiil liHzel to deep purple, or oeai black: the tints are eomctimca abruptly GDiitnistod ; at othem, striped newly uoifonn. The wood ia very heavy ; some Hpeiciniens aje very close and flue in the grain, whareafl othecs are aa open as oonrao mahogany, oi rather are mure ahundaot in veins : the black streaks arc sometimea pnrti-cularlj" hard, and very destructive to the tools.

Next to mahogany, it is the most abundant of the farnitoro wooda; a largo quantity is cut into veneerB for upholatiry and cabinet work, and aolid piecea are oaed for the wune purpoBea, and for a great variety of turned articles of ordinary consumption.

Id the BraailB the ordinai'y roae-wood ia called Jacaraada Cabitna; there ia a sort which ia much more free &om resinous pores that is called Cabuna only, and a third variety, Jaaaranda Tarn, is of a pale red, vith a f^«r

colours more resemble those of tulip-wood. There are sis, if not ten,

varieties in Mr. 'a collection at the Admiralty.

Mr. Edwards says that at the limo when rose-wood was first imported there was on the scale of Cuatom-Houae duties, « Lignum ^Rhodium, pep ton, £iQ," the wood from which Ihe "oil of Rhodium" was extracted, which at that time realized a very high price. The officers claimed the like duty on the furniture roae-wood ; it was afterwards imported as JamrandA, Palisander, and PBlaxander-wood, by which names it is still called on the Contineut. The duty is now reduced to six guineas, and increased tenfold ; it ia now only known as roae-wood, some logs of have produced as ranch aa £150, when cut mto veneers.

sriilly Implied 19 (ron-wooa> ind to at great ■ mrietj

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