ON GUM AND SUGAR TREES 



variety of candle berry, but as no one cared to buy 

 it, it was finally destroyed to make room for other 

 shrubs. This is another case in which a product 

 of intrinsic value has failed to find a market, 

 largely, no doubt, because the plant that produces 

 it has hitherto not been brought under cultivation, 

 and hence has not produced a sufficient crop to 

 bring it to the attention of the public and to create 

 a market. 



It would not be surprising, however, if the 

 candle berry should be thought valuable enough in 

 future for development and cultivation on an 

 extensive scale. For the wax that it produces is 

 of unique quality, and it is almost certain to be 

 found of value in connection with some commer- 

 cial industry. 



Seemingly, there is a splendid 

 field for the plant experi- 

 menter, could he establish a 

 laboratory and experiment gar- 

 den in the tropics for the 

 development of improved pro- 

 ducers of medicinal alkaloids. 



