AND HIS PLANT SCHOOL 



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Quiet again being restored, the cabinetmaker and the 

 polisher took the stand. The cabinetmaker examined the 

 wood and, with his pocket rule laid across the surface of 

 the block, exclaimed: 



"Why, the annual growth is fully an inch an excellent 

 lumber for furniture, veneers, and ornamental woodwork." 



Two-year-old chestnut tree with its second crop. 



Then the polisher applied his test, and announced the 

 wood unexcelled for smoothness and fitness for polish. 



Now came a fearful rebuff from the friends of the Eng- 

 lish. 



