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toria especially, it is safe to assert that there alone many thousand 
££ ir^*« — ** inhered with m*j££ 
(fatfe*. o% M ), are as .yet lying dormant for any other bnt s 
tr ^ if £ °Vr PeU 6nt Pr0Sperit - V ' Wb ° Seek - **• P- 
the i , f S ; ' 10l,S l0Ca,it - V ° f Sedusion > «»d -ho command 
P 7t 4 tT g ° f h,b0Ur WithiU thdr "" ** *~ these 
of fei" 1 I Pei ' n,anent ab ° deS? Th °^ h the timb <^ rises 
ste ill " U y ^ yCt UnIUC '" atiVe f0r raltlVati ™> « even be 
I" e,on % S ^fSf 9 rl < h >™^ d * dear brooks, and 
appertannng- to them. The costlier product- of cultnre might 
c ona a d ^f " J* ***« ^ tea " «* possibly cin- 
and C ' ^ 5 '^^ fihn * ^ ** of easy growth 
*e i rjn,T Pai ' at l 1 ° n ' " hlStanCed * ^ass-cloth, or madder; or 
^Z,^' ^ ^ Seima ' mid Vari ° US herbs > 0r P erh *P s even the 
the stt W r\ ' Plant ° f aIm ° St fabuI °- P-perties ; or, should 
life to d TZ' * V ° nd rai8ing the sil "P le requirements for his rural 
timber t, ^^^ S ° Idy t0 the S ain wbich th « surrounding 
euer. v ITT a,e Cei ' (aiu t0 offer > he wffl find ample scope for his 
acaulj " ' y * The EUCa ' yptS ' aS n0VV P roved bv e *tensive and 
nish fi eXpenments > wil1 yield him tar in abundance; they will fur- 
»<«* exrT' iT th0Se ° f Stri "-V- 1)a '- k > « one of the cheapest and 
he mav 1. * ^ paper materiaL Bv a few sirn P Ie appliance. 
*°od LlT Te ' ' Ul ; ultaneo,ls, y With the tar, also wood-vinegar and 
d ve mi l S6 ***** n,igl,t l0CaIIy at 0nce be «»™rted into 
and vohh'r -I "/ Van,ishes - H e might obtain potash from woods, 
by si ffi n I U tl "' leaVeS ° f Euca bpts, in almost any quantitv, 
^e * Um Pr ° CCSSeS aHd With scarceI . v ailv eost. He might gather 
he nL t 'r 8 aiUl bai ' ks f0r either "'edicinal or tanning purposes, or 
^ins^out f ° ^ - trade in fer,1 - trees 5 he =%** shake the Eucalyptus 
'^stance f- Cin P sules > and might secure locally other mercantile 
c hoo se the t0 ° numerous to be enumerated here. Whoever may 
his attentr 6 mDge8 ^ * P ermanent home > and thoughtfully direct 
1 he acorn s°V° "" fUtUre ' **° reco - uise that the mere scattering of 
a »«l Vet M thC Cprk " tree or the seeds of the Red Cedar over cleared 
•fccooie t I e<1 g^0Und, or the P Umth « of the Vine and Olive, will 
o ins descendants sources of great riches. 
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