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tree planting in this country, which most of the | by the pressure of mov, and that siaran tasie gea paniculata, also shown + yi ienna, under the de- 
Governments have not to contend with, sg as | points assumed thei natural upright p nation ‘‘ for size.” 
the liability to fires in our dry climate. These fire | or two of them iy es ntly taken ot at “the ate gn having ps Bue y ith squ TE Te Ag 
are in the main brought about by railroad Beep ss | where they have so turned u e ma n leader i is | pulp passed thro rough a horse-hair sieve ; this size is 
and yet Dr. H. proposes that railroads should be | clothed with a strong plant o of Ivy. The soil is | put wih the Pulp me ay vat, and the paper is dri 
compelled to plant along their lines. The Doctor has | ar a gee vy flinty loam, in which most trees in | in frames, the bot of which are made of laths 
not turned out as often as I have to whip out fires in | shrubs well—amongst deciduous trees, | of Ba q er ~ ag up on an inclined plane. The 
woods among the dry autumn leaves, started by sh cially haa nd Elm, in evergreens, Hollies, | paper which is made in winter is only siz ith th 
from th es. I have known companies to | Aucubas, and girata Oaks | Tororo ; it is better t that “A in spring, for 
cut away trees wherever they ba wer, in order | | which a size made from Rice is us d n 3 which i 
to save their property from this risk. It would bea | subject to the attacks of ‘* worms 
hardship to compel them to ees -plant a and preserve. | J APANESE PAPER | paper of Passerina Ganpi the mucilage ori the “park of 
Dr, Hough also wou of forestry | x | Papaver somniferum is used. Th d paper is 
taugh e public schools. I often wonder now, as | HE Japanese paper, — es a once so yy | worked up afresh by the addi A of es obtained T 
I see my children trudging a couple of miles to school | so silky, so delicate, and s ong, for im- | the decoction of the day opi aponica, L. 
every day, from se ears old to seventeen, and | portant part of the Japanese “tisplay at the. late Vi ienna | paper stuff which c Tas they take the ‘quality 
then look at themat twenty-one, and see how little they | Exhib ition called ‘* Kosko,” ey piri tter, the ‘‘ Senka,” which 
have retained of all that ten ba pen of travel and | sade principal raw material used is the bark of t is permeated by the mucilage derived from the roots 
study, whether their young lives a pone seek | species or varieties of the paper or dis = e aa pan called Kon- nia o-dama 
in ; an en I hear almost d | Hrono tia papyrifera var. Kæmpfer B. oiled paper intended ‘er waterproof coats they 
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papyrifera var, Cazinoki, which also sfori a iy ! ilip the quality called “t Senka,” or “Tora Senka,” 
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Spain, which is to crowd in on bati coger Diris 
FIG, 32.—AMERICAN ARBOR-VITÆ AT SOUTHGATE HOUSE. 
fons forestry, various arts and sciences, and | good paper, less expensive, and more abundant, but | and the size ee a composed of } 
te Ram what, I wonder whether it would not less productive. The bark of decor diep o yields | shoots o — uced 7 eer : 
2g hee to ask Providence to add” another ten years to apaper s y inferior, does | a paste, render ed m sen or Ta thick by the addition 
little lives. The fact is, agricultural papers and attention, and is easily propagated ; pt the Japanese | oft he setringent juice of Diospyros Kaki. The colour- 
actual rience will do more for forestry than any | have cultivated this plant for some time. The bark | ie crear is wre fae or paste of Bea _ then 
Public school will do, of Edgeworthia papyrifera (Sieb. er Zucc.) is amos e paper , named Yé 
: „lanin favour of tr tree planting. But I would not | entirely confine d tot the manufacture of paper mo! oney. prima oil), ehdi t Hem Cel tis Wilden 
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will any one plant trees under hopes which I know p | The paper r in imitation of leather is also made by 
Sever be less cut to the length o of 0.80 m. to a metre, and placed i ina | mixing vs with 
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excited realised, much less when those hopes are | 
ie under a misapprehension of ‘‘ science.” Th stove, soasto facilitate the separation of the bark, which | mea t ~ 
to Many locations in this country where it will pay | operation 1s don an ternal rind is then | The imitation of crape is done e same way; the 
Rita t. These locations increase as natural ied and washed in running water, and the blackish | silvered designs on the papers sare for hangings, &c., 
make become scarce. Where these are, and how to | epidermis remo ith nife. This epidermis | are produced by means of tale. of 
so hee from them, are being gl ore shown | is employed e manufacture of aper called | The Japanese make parasols, coats, shoes, &c., wit 
our best agricultural papers. N. Y. Trib | Cheri-gami and Kizo-niki, Th internal fib this oiled paper. They also sayt that the size is fur- 
: : | bark is again washed, oiled, and washed again, till | nished by Acacia Nemu. e the numerous 
AME SOCON | it is ready for manufacture. size is prepare po hs “a fie paper = oie = “Trent gales 
|. from the root of a plant called Tororo. The Tororo, | appli apan. Not o 
Ta RICAN ARBOR-VITA. | onran N i Mr. F. Lawder, the English Consul at specially made for schools, for the e cor sare 
American Arbor-vite at Southgate House, Kanagaw a shrub like the eee seer epee | ment, for merchants, &c., but om ae se sme 
Middlesex, 50 feet through and 36 feet oo Hibiscus Manihot), the root sh | handkerchiefs, lanterns, ¢ so gee den made 
An 3?) is an ooo of the influences that at Vienna among the ma AaS: The elligent enaa shortl 
have in com on changing t = = | perar ha "The e nglish Co nsul Europeans 
particular A yet another wild sort of Tororo 
— = matin as sa were Saat down 
