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TREES THAT MANUFACTURE 



The poplar there 

 Shoots up its spire, and shakes its leaves i' the sun. 



CORNWALL. 



AMONG the many and diverse products manu- 

 factured by the trees are oils, perfumes, gums, 

 syrups, gases, fibres, laces, threads, dyes, drugs, 

 chemicals, food material, beverages, tar, pitch, tur- 

 pentine, rosin, paint, chewing gum, rubber, cork, 

 water, milk, honey, intoxicating liquors and this 

 is only a partial and very fragmentary enumera- 

 tion. All of these are things which are economically 

 important to man. Other articles which trees pro- 

 duce more for their own welfare may be listed as 

 needles, pins, razors, daggers, swords, spears, 

 plates, cups, saucers, knives, forks, caves, cisterns, 

 faucets, hats, dresses, coats, airships, balloons, 

 boats, submarines, munitions, musical instruments, 

 tombstones, coffins, ropes, swings, hammocks, um- 

 brellas, pumps, bird houses, bee hives, cages, beds, 

 necklaces and beads. 



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