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- From: mulvihil@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Lawrence Mulvihill)
- Newsgroups: rec.gardens
- Subject: Re: Paulownia Rustlers
- Message-ID: <27600@oasys.dt.navy.mil>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 17:42:56 GMT
- References: <88.2b060314@ivgate> <BxtCJB.tv@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Reply-To: mulvihil@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Lawrence Mulvihill)
- Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD
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- In rec.gardens, cl27111@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Christopher Lindsey) writes:
- >
- > 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.
- >
-
- Some trees in the D.C. area have been taken. Apparently the wood
- changes color depending on time of year and some trees which were
- cut down proved to be worth less than the
- thieves expected. There was an article
- in one of the local papers about a year ago. This isn't a
- secret operation in the dead of night. The typical thieves
- appear to be legit trimmers/removers. When the local gov't,
- or landowner, finds out that the tree is gone, no one has
- a license number or description of the truck.
-