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- From: cl27111@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Christopher Lindsey)
- Subject: Re: Paulownia Rustlers
- References: <88.2b060314@ivgate> <1992Nov16.130933.14902@athena.cs.uga.edu>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 14:35:34 GMT
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- karen@athena.cs.uga.edu (Karen Snetselaar) writes:
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- >> Beware of Paulownia Rustlers
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- >Hmmm wonder if it would be worthwhile to switch from pine to
- >paulownia plantations--help balance trade w/Japan by supplying
- >wood to make geta (what else is it used for?) and take some
- >pressure off the more slow-growing tropical hardwoods.
-
- >Karen
-
- If I remember correctly, Paulownia wood is used for making jewelry
- boxes, small dressers, etc. Apparently, the wood doesn't warp with temperature
- changes or if it gets wet, so drawers will always open as easily as when
- they were first made. I don't know what type of veneer you'd get out of it
- though... And since it grows so fast, I wonder how structurally sound it is.
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- Christopher Lindsey -- Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Univ. of Illinois
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