TlXEKR  ASD  OTHER  OSOAJTIC  FiBRE:

AeaciA,  fiJue.  See  «  Locost*

Ash  {Fraaimu  excelsiar), 17,000           1,600,000

Bamboo  {Bambu$a  arundinacea),  6,300

Beech  {Fa^n*'  ^fhwtica), ",500           1,350,000

'Birch  (Beiuia  alba), 15,000           1,645,000

Box  (nuxua  Bempervirens), 20,000

CedarofLebanon(Cec?n«Lt6om),  11,400             48^,000

Chestnut  {Caskmea  Vescajr |  ^^  \^^  }        ir'40,ooo

/         700,000
Ehn  {Ulmua  campestrut), ^...  14,000   I  to  1,340,000

—      ^   , «.      /^.  T    -.  -x        f      12,000  1,460,000

Fir :  B^  Pme  (Pmw  sylvesins),      |  ^  ^^^^^     ^  1,900,000

/      1,400,000

„    Spruce  (ii6M»  eccci^a), 12,4001*01,800,000

f        9,000  900,000

„    Jja^h  {Larix  EuropoM)^....      ;[  to  10,000     to  1,360,000

Flaxen  Yarn, «*oat  25,000

Hazel  {Conjlus  AveUana), 18,000

Hempen  Ropes, from  12,000  to  16,000

Hide,  Ox,  undressed, 6,300

Hornbeam  {Carpinus  Betulus),.  20,000

Lancewood  (OttaUeria  virgata),     •"      33,40o

Leather,  Ox, ;  4,200  24,300

Lignum- VitfiB  {Guaiacum  offia- 1  ^  ^^goo

rude)^ J

Locust  {Robinia  Pseudo-Acacia),  16,000

^2Ai0^iij{SvoUteniaMohagon%^     |  ^  ^ /,8oo  }      ^'^55,ooo

Maple  (Acer  campestris), 10,600

Oak,  Eui-opean  (^t^jrcMS  «e««iZi-  f      10,000         1,200,000

/oraand  Quercuspedunctdata),  \  to  1 9,800  .  to  1,750,000

„       American  Red  {Qiwrcus  \  10,250        2,150,000

rvhra), J

Silk  fibi^, 52,000         1,300,000

^ycQmoveiAovrPsmdO'Platm'us),  13,000         1,040,000

Teak,  Indian  (TecUma grandia),  15,000         2,400,000

„       African,  (?) 21,000         2,300,000

Whalebone, 7»7oo

Yew  {Taxua  baccata), 8,600

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