Descriptive catalogue of the woods commonly employed in this country for the mechanical and ornamental arts (1852)
London : Holtzapffel · leaf 30
17 STRUCTURE OF THE PALMS, ETC. tlie cambium. The latter ultimately becomes consolidated for the production of the new annual ring that is deposited beneath the loosened bark, and which is eventually to constitute a part of the general substance or wood ; the bark also receives a minute addition… … their full size. All the endogens are considered to commence from a circular pithy stem which is entirely solid ; some, as the canes, maintain this solidity, with the exception of the tubes or pores extending throughout their length. The bamboos extend greatly in diameter, so as to become hollow,…
Wood -- Identification · Woodwork -- Great Britain
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