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An eminent botanist and natural historian, George simonds Boulger ( 1853-1922) wrote a number of books on plant life in the British Isles. Firts published in 1902, this manual explores the charrcteristics and uses of one of the most abundant and versatile natural material.

In the first part, Boulger outlimes the general biological function and uses of wood. He alsodescribes the classification of wood, and the durability of different timbers.

The second part catalogues the types of wood that are ased commercially.Boulger explains the distinguishing charracteristics and uses of hundredt of different kinds of timber, which are listed alphabetically, featuring 82 illustrations, the book, also includes appendices explaining some of the terminology and science of wood, and a select bibliography. Boulger's work on economic botany. The Uses of plants (1889) is also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection.