Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1920 — WOOD VERY LIKE MAHOGANY [ARTICLE]

WOOD VERY LIKE MAHOGANY

Carlanla Can Be Used to Advantage the Absence of the More Valuable Lumber. It is Interesting to note that more than twenty mahoganylike woods are now offered as true mahogany, not to mention a considerable number of woods cunningly stained to imitate mahogany. Im the present circumstances, therefore, when the demand for mahogany is greater than the supply, unusual interest attaches to such woods as Carlanla or Colombian mahogany, which Is acknowledged not to be mahogany, but which is so similar to it in color, grain effects and working qualities as to serve for the rare wood. The statement is made that while carlanla differs widely In Its botanical and anatomical characters from true mahogany, its close superficial resemblance to mahogany and its physical properties at once distinguish It as a high-class cabinet wood. When properly seasoned It does not warp, check or shrink, while much of the lumber is beautifully figured. It works well, takes a filler readily, and can be highly polished.