MAHOGANY TREE : ITS BOTANICAL CHARACTERS, QUALITIES AND USES, WITH IT IN THE REGIONS OF ITS GROWTH, IN THE WEST INDIES AND CENTRAL AMERICA, WITH NOTICES OF THE PROJECTED INTEROCEANIC COMMUNICATIONS OF PANAMA, NICARAGUA, AND TEHUANTEPEC, IN RELATION TO THEIR PRODUCTIONS, AND THE SUPPLY OF FINE TIMBER FOR WITH A MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS. AND AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING THE DOCUMENTS PRESENTED TO THE LLOYD'S COMMITTEE OF REGISTRY, IN FAVOUR OF THE USE OF MAHOGANY, FOR THE BUILDING OF FIRST-CLASS VESSELS. LIVERPOOL: ROCKLIFF AND SON, 50, CASTLE-STREET. LONDON: EFFINGHAM WILSON, 11, ROYAL EXCHANGE. 1850. |