The mahogany tree : its botanical character, qualities and uses, with practical suggestions for selecting and cutting it in the regions of its growth, in the West Indies and Central America, with notices of the projected interoceanic communications of Panama, Nicaragua, and Tehuantepec, in relation to their production, and the supply of fine timber for ship-building and all other purposes : with map and illustrations and an appendix, containing the documents presented to the Lloyd's committee of registry, in favour of the use of mahogany, for the building of first-class vessels