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examined, and all symptoms of natural growth noted. 

 This will prevent money being expended in protecting 

 land on which a natural growth of trees might not 

 spring up. It would be incorrect to affirm that most 

 of the forest trees thus naturally produced would be 

 of utility to the builder; still, natural production 

 would be a ready means of serving a climatic purpose, 

 attended with little expense, and would give time for 

 the more valuable kinds of timber being planted in 

 other parts of the colony. In the meantime planting 

 should be confined to places which will not become 

 re-wooded naturally. The kinds of trees selected for 

 planting should not only be adapted to the climate 

 and soil of the locality and district, but should be 

 chosen with an eye to their future value, whether for 

 fuel or timber ; as caoutchouc or sandalwood yielding, 

 or spice plants. 



By carefully selecting the most valuable forest 

 trees indigenous to Eiji and other tropical countries, 

 a large number of useful kinds could be obtained 

 adapted to the climate and soil of the various districts 

 of the colony. A few exotic kinds maybe mentioned. 

 For the poorest soils of the dry districts, hoematoxylon 

 campeachianum, logwood ; albizzias lebbek, odoratis- 

 sima, elata, moluccana ; tetranthera laurif olia ; acacias 

 arabica, eburneum, and catechu ; ingas dulcis, and 

 xyclocarpa ; adenanthera pavonina. Among the kinds 

 of timber trees that will succeed in localities that are 

 neither particularly wet nor dry may be mentioned 

 teak (tectonia grandis) ; sal (shorea robusta) ; hopeas 

 maranti and stipulosa ; vaterias indica, ceylanica, and 

 seychellarum ; dalbergias sisso (sissoo), and latifolium 

 (rosewood) ; pterocarpuses indicus (santal), and marsu- 

 pium (kino) ; cedrela toona (toon) ; lagerstroemias 



