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sand different species, such as the Fijian is, abounds. 

 Enough, however, has been stated to show how bountiful 

 nature has been in supplying these islands with edible 

 roots and fruits, with drugs, spices, fibres, timber, dyes, 

 vegetable fats, and other articles of commercial import- 

 ance. The long list of cultivated plants shows that the 

 natives are not ill prepared for entering on agricultural 

 operations on a large scale, whilst the fact that the 

 varieties of the different products grown are almost 

 endless, furnishes a striking proof of their succeeding to 

 perfection. The numerous plants introduced from every 

 direction of the compass, and their successful naturali- 

 zation, may justly be regarded as indicative of the climate 

 being of that happy medium which, in a similar way, 

 enables the English gardener to assemble in his domain 

 a far greater collection of species than his continental 

 rival. 



