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pear so similar to mahagony that they 

 are oftentimes successfully substituted 

 for it. 



Sometimes a manufacturer buys 

 some wood for a particular purpose 

 under a trade name. He finds that this 

 wood is particularly adapted to his pur- 

 pose. When it comes to re-ordering, he 

 must know the species in order to make 

 sure of getting the same wood. Such an 

 instance occurred when the writer was 

 a graduate student at the Shaw School 

 of Botany. A certain manufacturer of 

 umbrella handles had made a purchase 



of some tropical wood which he had 

 found particularly desirable for his pur- 

 pose. He sent a specimen of the wood 

 in to the graduate school for identifica- 

 tion, and he was thus enabled to order 

 the same wood bv its specific name. 



In the gaining of a professional 

 training no one subject is important to 

 the exclusion of all others. Plant Ana- 

 tomy is no exception to this statement. 

 The writer has simply tried to point 

 out a few of the wa^•s in which a sound 

 foundation in Plant Anatomy may 

 benefit the student of Forestry. 



QUESTIONS 



1. Explain the relationships existing be- 

 tween technical knowledge, practical 

 skill and the general, all-around useful- 

 ness of a forester. 



2. Why must foresters pay a great deal 

 of attention to the seeding and grow- 

 ing of the timber crop? 



3. What branch of science is Forestry 

 most closely allied with? 



4. Why does a forester ha\e to under- 

 stand something about Botany? 



5. Would you say that anatom)' or physi- 

 ology is more important in determin- 

 ing the use to which lumber is put? 

 Explain. 



