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  G. 
  L. 
  Goodale 
  — 
  Possibilities 
  of 
  Economic 
  Botany. 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  cultivator 
  variations 
  can 
  be 
  led 
  along 
  useful 
  lines 
  ; 
  and 
  

   furthermore 
  the 
  hand 
  which 
  selects 
  must 
  uphold 
  them 
  in 
  their 
  

   unequal 
  strife. 
  In 
  other 
  words 
  it 
  is 
  one 
  thing 
  to 
  select 
  a 
  variety 
  

   and 
  another 
  to 
  assist 
  it 
  in 
  maintaining 
  its 
  hold 
  upon 
  existence. 
  

   Without 
  the 
  constant 
  help 
  of 
  the 
  cultivator 
  who 
  selects 
  the 
  

   useful 
  variety, 
  there 
  comes 
  a 
  reversion 
  to 
  the 
  ordinary 
  specific 
  

   type 
  which 
  is 
  fitted 
  to 
  cope 
  with 
  its 
  surroundings. 
  

  

  I 
  think 
  you 
  can 
  agree 
  with 
  me 
  that 
  the 
  prospect 
  for 
  new 
  

   fruits 
  and 
  for 
  improvements 
  in 
  our 
  established 
  favorites 
  is 
  

   fairly 
  good. 
  

  

  IV. 
  Timbers 
  and 
  Cabinet 
  Woods. 
  

  

  Can 
  we 
  look 
  for 
  new 
  timbers 
  and 
  cabinet 
  woods 
  ? 
  Compar- 
  

   atively 
  few 
  of 
  those 
  in 
  common 
  use 
  are 
  of 
  recent 
  introduction. 
  

   Attempts 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  bring 
  into 
  great 
  prominence 
  some 
  

   of 
  the 
  excellent 
  trees 
  of 
  India 
  and 
  Australia 
  which 
  furnish 
  wood 
  

   of 
  much 
  beauty 
  and 
  timber 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  quality. 
  A 
  large 
  pro- 
  

   portion 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  timbers 
  of 
  the 
  South 
  Seas 
  are 
  characterized 
  

   by 
  remarkable 
  firmness 
  of 
  texture 
  and 
  high 
  specific 
  gravity. 
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   The 
  same 
  is 
  noticed 
  in 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  woods 
  of 
  the 
  Indies. 
  

   A 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  heavier 
  and 
  denser 
  sorts, 
  like 
  Jarrah, 
  of 
  West 
  

   Australia, 
  and 
  Sabicu 
  of 
  the 
  Caribbean 
  Islands, 
  have 
  met 
  with 
  

   deserved 
  favor 
  in 
  England, 
  but 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  transportation 
  mili- 
  

   tates 
  against 
  them. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  fair 
  question 
  whether, 
  in 
  certain 
  

   parts 
  of 
  our 
  country, 
  these 
  trees 
  and 
  others 
  which 
  can 
  be 
  util- 
  

   ized 
  for 
  veneers, 
  may 
  not 
  be 
  cultivated 
  to 
  advantage. 
  Atten- 
  

   tion 
  should 
  be 
  again 
  called 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  many 
  plants 
  suc- 
  

   ceed 
  far 
  better 
  in 
  localities 
  which 
  are 
  remote 
  from 
  their 
  origin 
  

   but 
  where 
  they 
  find 
  conditions 
  substantially 
  like 
  those 
  which 
  

   they 
  have 
  left. 
  This 
  fact, 
  to 
  which 
  we 
  must 
  again 
  refer 
  in 
  

   detail 
  with 
  regard 
  to 
  certain 
  other 
  classes 
  of 
  plants, 
  may 
  have 
  

   some 
  bearing 
  upon 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  new 
  timber 
  trees. 
  

   Certain 
  drawbacks 
  exist 
  with 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  timber 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  

   the 
  more 
  rapidly 
  growing 
  hard-wood 
  trees 
  which 
  have 
  pre- 
  

   vented 
  their 
  taking 
  a 
  high 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  scale 
  of 
  values 
  in 
  

   mechanical 
  engineering. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  useful 
  soft-wooded 
  trees 
  in 
  the 
  world 
  is 
  

   the 
  Kauri. 
  It 
  is 
  restricted 
  in 
  its 
  range 
  to 
  a 
  comparatively 
  

   small 
  area 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  Island 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  It 
  is 
  now 
  

   being 
  cut 
  down 
  with 
  a 
  recklessness 
  which 
  is 
  as 
  prodigal 
  and 
  

   shameful 
  as 
  that 
  which 
  has 
  marked 
  our 
  own 
  treatment 
  of 
  

   forests 
  here. 
  It 
  should 
  be 
  said, 
  however, 
  that 
  this 
  destruction 
  

   is 
  under 
  protest, 
  in 
  spite 
  of 
  which 
  it 
  would 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  ques- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  years 
  when 
  the 
  great 
  Kauri 
  groves 
  of 
  Kew 
  

   Zealand 
  will 
  be 
  a 
  thing 
  of 
  the 
  past. 
  Our 
  energetic 
  Forest 
  

   Department 
  has 
  on 
  its 
  hands 
  problems 
  just 
  like 
  this 
  which 
  

   perplexes 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  lands 
  of 
  the 
  South. 
  The 
  task 
  in 
  

  

  