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foreign countries. That much foreign oak is 

 vastly inferior to our own has long been recog- 

 nised, and the fact is borne out, not only by 

 everyday experience, but by modern and 

 ancient examples in our buildings, which date 

 from the tenth century down to the present 

 day. Then, as to brown oak no comparison 

 need be attempted, as such is peculiar to 

 Britain, and incidentally it may be stated 

 that the magnificent dining-room in the White 

 House at Washington is entirely panelled 

 with English brown oak. The timber is of 

 beautiful grain and colour and of considerable 

 value, ranging in price up to 10s. 6d. per cubic 

 foot, and fully 100 has been paid for average- 

 sized trees of the brown oak. 



Neither in price nor quality can any foreign- 

 grown ash timber compete with that pro- 

 duced in this country, and for the important 

 uses in aeroplane construction it has no 

 equal. 



Some years ago German clog-soles held the 

 sway in this country, but after a fair trial of 

 our home-grown alder the foreign product 



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