Wood Types

Engraving of comparative t.s. [transverse] sections of stems (wood anatomy), entitled "Microscopic Objects of the Vegetable Kingdom as they appear when magnified, exhibiting a view of the Organization of timber".

Fragment of a story probably collected from Margaret MacDonald, Malacleit/Malaclete, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist about wood washed up after a storm which reads 'MacDona[ald] when a breacach often shot his nets over the [runs] and after a storm saw pieces of decayed sta[v]es like wood washed up and sticks & things.'

Vocabulary note and note about architectural terms which reads 'Bugar = Foot of couples = lan-ain in a house. The upright that stands in the wall of the house. Generally of oak. This is the term used at Overcroy, Cumbernauld 5th Aug[ust] 1891. Here on that date with Archaeological Association'.