CORK. 



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used in collections of insects, for lining boots, etc. ; the male 

 cork is used for floating nets, for decorative purposes, and 

 ground cork is used in the manufacture of linoleum. 



There are about 48 trees per acre, yielding yearly about 

 1 cwt. of cork ; as the price is about 4rf. a pound, 37s. an acre 

 gross-revenue is obtained from cork-oak forest. 



[According to Mathey, there are 425,000 acres of cork forests 

 in France, a million acres in Algeria and about 200,000 acres 

 in Tunis. There are also important cork-woods in Morocco. 

 Portugal produces the most cork ; there are cork-oaks also in 

 Corsica, Italy, Sardinia, Sicily and Greece. Tr.] 



It remains to be seen whether useful cork can be obtained 

 from Phellodendron muurcnxc and (Jnerciis ruridbilis, from 

 eastern Asia. 



Fig. 3~>9. Cork oak, Bayonnc. Male cork above, female cork 

 below. (A. Henry.) 



