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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. 
