| Show A Curlou Isgenl I In the rcfcurchci ho mado while gathering gath-ering statistics for his hook on colonial colon-ial furniture tho late Dr Ion came acrosn a curious mahogany legend I about the Introduction of mahogany Into In-to England 1 It seems that a Dr Gibbon Gib-bon who war a Ixiudon hylclan early In the seventeenth century had some mirtiognny planks Imported from the West Indict wllh the Idea of grinding them up for use as a substltuto for Ioruvlan bark which was Juit gaining vogue as medicine Kl nil Ing the wood unserviceable as medicine he had a cabinet maker construct n box of ono of tho planks and the beautiful grain of the wood pleated him so that be had a bureau mado ot the samo material All IxJndon flocked to see It and the wood came Into Immediate uo among furniture makers |
