Excerpt from "Colombian Mahogany" (Cariniana Pyriformis): Its Characteristics and Its Use as a Substitute for True Mahogany (Swietenia Mahagoni) It seems possible now, when the demand for mahogany is greater than the supply, that there could be an accepted use for such woods as Cariniana, acknowledged not to be mahogany, but which are So similar to it in color, grain effects, and working qualities as to serve for the rarer wood. There should be no objection to calling such woods by their proper names. Moreover, unless all good substitutes for mahogany were used, it would be impossible to meet the demand. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.