Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 270, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1917 — True Mahogany Scarce. [ARTICLE]

True Mahogany Scarce.

A bulletin published by the department of agriculture on the subject of mahogany records, among other Interesting facts, the bewildering ambiguity of the term “mahogany." True mahogany Is produced only by two closely related species of trees, Swletenia mahagonl Jacq, and Sweltenla macrophylla King, both natives of tropical America. The name “mahogany," with or without some qualifying word such as “Indian,” “Madeira,” “African,” “Philippine,” etc.. Is, however, applied to cabinet woods grown In a great many parts of the world. These so-cklled mahoganies belong to 67 distinct species, of 41 genera, and they are scattered through 18 families of the vegetable kingdom. Of some of the West African species the botanical status is unknown. To add to the confusion, true mahogany has many names and several more or less distinct varieties are recognized commercially.