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Show ' - f'i " ... TT1 ' "', - BOSfe W,OOD. ''-."'!-' '' ' : i . 1 , j It hasjnizzlcdimany , people, says vc coh'teippora t-y.itodccide why,the,dark ypod so highly valued Jfor furniture should be called "Rose Wopd" Its color certainly docs not look much like a rose;, so we must seek for some other reason. Upon.ask , ing, we are told that Ayhen the tree is first cut -.the -fresh wood possesses aNrery strong rose-like fra ETan'ce' hence the narni. There are h'al'f a dozen or r more kinds of rosewood treqs. t The .varieties are' j i found in South America, and in the East Indies' 'Wi!4 and neighboring islands. Sometimes' the trees '''f grow-so large that planksr four feet broad and ten '-fM$i'l feet in length can be cut from thcml Xhoe broad ( . t '.rNw ;S planks are principally ued. to, .make the tops of , ' piano fortes. When growing in the forests the - !' rosewood tree is remarkable for its beauty, but ' -'.v such is its value in manufactures n an ornament- ' ' Lgtfj ' hi ,woOd that some of the forests where it onc wB.'d grew abundantly now have scarcely st single spec,- W'- i'rrieh. In Madras thd Government ha I prudently , had great plaritalibns st't'6bt,! in order o keep up' ( the supply I .. i h'ni -y. ' ' .-. |