Hardwood trivia test

OW FAMILIAR are you with hardwoods? The following quiz will test your knowledge of littleknown facts about well and not-sowell known hardwoods. The answers are printed upside down at the bottom, so those with sight disorders may have an advantage.

(1) Where did snakewood most likely get its name?

(a) From its winding branches

(b) From snake skinlike markings in the wood.

(c) From its poisonous green leaves.

(2) Yew, osage orange, lancewood, lemonwood and degame are favored hardwoods for making:

(a) Hunters' bows.

(b) Golf club heads.

(c) A nice garden.

(3) When bruised, what do the leaves of the tropical American tree Salmwood smell like?

(a) Garlic.

O) Rosebuds.

(c) Dirty socks.

(4) What West African hardwood has been used as a substitute for teak?

(a) Abura.

(b) Afrormosia.

(c) Zebrawood.

(5) What hardwood was dedicated by the Greeks to the goddess Diana?

(a) The walnut.

O) The rubber tree.

(c) The deitree.

(6) To the superstitious, what will occur if a hawthorn blossom gets into the house?

(a) Good fortune.

(b) A death in the family.

(c) A lot of vacuuming.

(7) Why is yellow poplar a good wood to use as siding?

(a) It has superior insulating properties.

(b) It has strength even when thinly cut.

(c) It takes and holds paint, enamel and stain well.

(8) What is Hawaii's little known yet finest native hardwood?

(a) Koa.

(b) Kalima.

(c) Palm.

(9) Why did the ancient Chinese preserve the buds of the magnolia tree?

(a) To use as incense.

(b) For seasoning rice.

(c) To drink with pretzels.

(f0) If you went to the store and asked for a pound of seeds from the fruit of a holly tree, about how many seeds would the clerk sell you?

(a) 300.

(b) 3,000.

(c) 30,000.

Check the number you got correct, to see if you made the cut: l0: What do you want? A medal?

7-9: Lucky guessing.

4-6: Be embarrassed.

0-3: Well, you didn't cheat.

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Hardwood Research

(Continued from page 53) ment of forest products, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va., vice president; and Milton Loughridge, Buchanan Hardwoods, Inc., Selma, Al., secretary-treasurer.

Directors are Paul Barringer, Coastal Lumber Co., Weldon, N.C.; James B. Cobb, U.W. Forest Service, Atlanta, Ga.; Robert T. Forney, CSX Resources, Inc., Huntington, W.V.; Lewis E. Herron, Triangle Pacific Corp., Dallas, Tx.; Richard E. Meador, DMI Furniture, Inc., Louisville, Ky.; Kenneth Moss, Broyhill Furniture Industries, Inc., Lenoir, N.C.; Kenneth Obye, Danville, Va.; James I. Sitts, Columbia Carolina Corp., Old Fort, N.C., and John H. Syme, Roundwood Corp., Florence, S.C.

NAWLA Membership Directory

The 1985 North American Wholesale Lumber Association directory of membership, a 92-page directory of over 540 companies directly and indirectly involved in forest products distribution is now available.

Both a buyers guide and a who's who in lumber wholesaling, the directory provides a roster of wholesalerdistributors who marketed over 7.2 billion dollars worth of forest products in 1984. Retail and industrial users of wood products may use it as sources of supply and services. Each listing carries a firm's address, telephone and telex numbers, personnel, species and products distributed, and market regions served.

The directory is sectionalized by the three categories of NAWLA member- ship. The wholesaler section lists 341 independent wholesalers, associate listings cover 152 primary and secondary manufacturers of lumber, plywood and related wood products. The final section carries a roster of 54 affiliate members that provide goods and services to wholesale forest product distribution.

Approximately 8090 of the NAWLA wholesale company sales involves softwood lumber. The directory provides the largest single market network for lumber products in existence.

Firms that operate distribution yards, remanufacturing facilities, wood staining and treating plants and reload centers are identified.

Eight pages of the 1985 Directory list NAWLA's organization, activities, programs and sales breakdowns for 1983. Dates and locations of upcoming annual, sector and regional meetings, are listed.

Copies may be obtained from NAWLA, 23,10 S. Arlington Heights Rd., Suite 680, Arlington Heights, Il. 60(n5, for $10 postpaid.