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for match making. Both trees can be grown ace well in the 
British Isles. Fo or further particulars see A. B. 78. 
Red Cedar (Gimpe us virginiana, L.). 
Foreien.— United States of America. 
The best wood is used for the casings of lead pencils. Rough 
wood makes very durable fences. One of the most likely substi- 
tutes for this wood is Juniperus procera, Hochst., from British 
East Africa. See K.R. 19138, p. 221. 
Poplar (Populus spp.). 
Britisu.—British Isles, Canada. Forercn.—Russia, United 
States of America 
The Thivpeain's species of greatest importance are P. alba, L., 
P. canescens, Sm., P. nigra, L., and P. tremula, L. Of Armexigan 
species P. manibifere, Ait., and P. balsamifera, L., supply a good 
deal of wood for export. P. tremuloides, Michx., 1s used in 
America for paper pulp, and amongst other uses the European 
P. tremula is used for the same purpose. Poplar wood is used for 
box making, brake blocks, ee panelling, flooring, 
in the manufacture of carts and trucks, &c. e wood of some 
species splits well, and that of P. ale is imported into the 
eastern counties for splitting up for the manufacture of baskets 
for fruit and flowers. Most of the poplars are fast-growing trees, 
and they might be grown more extensively than at present on wet 
land or about the banks of streams in the British Isles.  Fast- 
growing hybrids such as ?. Eugenii, Simon Louis, and 2. mary- 
landica, Bosc., are specially worthy of note. The wood can be 
sold at present for from 10d. to 14d. a cubic foot. Evidence of the 
value of poplar wood for packing cases is given in the United 
States America Forest Service Circular, No. 47, ‘‘Strength of 
Packing Boxes of Various Woods.’’ For other information about 
poplar wood see K.B. 1911, p. 209. 
Willow (Saliz spp.). 
Britisu.—The best willow wood is grown in the British Isles, 
and a antelerants quantity of Willow Rods for basket making is 
also grown. But in 1913 the imports of Willow Rods from 
foreign countries were valued at £94,274. The imports were from 
the following countries : — 
£ 
Germ a ee ~ i ... 84,246 
Netherland ay az i ie vc 59,069 
Bel SER a 
Oe Picken Countries... . 28,171 
All the rods required by British manufacturers 4 tight easily be 
grown in the British Isles if proper cultural methods were 
adopted. A Circular on “The Cultivation of Willow Rods and 
their Preparation for Market,”’ is published by the Board of eC 
culture and Fisheries. The wood of Salix coerulea, Sm., is 
largely for the manufacture of cricket bats and artificial Ties. 
It is grown almost exclusively in the British Isles. 
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