THE CREATION OF NEW TREES 



growth would be considered an impossibility 

 without the evidence of a man's own eyes. 



The new wood is as hard as the old-fash- 

 ioned black walnut, somewhat harder when 

 fully seasoned. 



It has a finer grain than the old walnut and 

 takes a higher polish. 



It is nearer the mahogany grades than any 

 other walnut and remarkably like some of 

 the tropic mahoganies. 



Its possibilities when quartered or when 

 sawn for other novel effects in veneers, are 

 large. 



The width of the annual growth makes it 

 peculiarly suitable when sawn in long strips 

 for wainscoting and like effects. 



While the fiber of the wood is hard, it is 

 fine for working as well as for polishing. 



Nearly every man spoke of the possibilities 

 of this new tree in rapidly re -foresting the 

 earth, as well as of the fact that it would give 

 a marked impetus to the use of hard wood 

 for fuel, while marking what might be called 

 a new era in manufacturing. 



The trees of these two varieties which Mr. 

 Burbank has produced have been given no 



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