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. 
