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RECREATION. 



countries : namely, to Austria-Hungary, 

 Norway and Sweden, Russia and North 

 America. 



For the United States Mr. H. Gannett, 

 who a few years ago ridiculed the concern 

 of forestry advocates regarding timber 

 supplies, finds now only 50 years' supply 

 standing, presumably without allowing for 

 increased demand. 



How this demand increases and thereby 

 reduces the length of time for which vir- 

 gin supplies will last may be learned by a 

 comparison of the quantity of wood ex- 

 ports, which in 1870 represented $13,735,- 

 000, in 1900 $50,598,000, an increase of 

 nearly 400 per cent, in 3 decades. That the 

 growing shortage is becoming perceptible 

 is also testified by the sale of government 

 timber limits at Quebec last June, when 

 about 4,200 square miles were sold for 

 about $400,000, the highest price attained 

 being for spruce limits at %2>77 a mile, 

 the average being $92, which is an increase 

 of 50 per cent, on the highest price obtained 

 at previous "sales. 



EUCALYPTUS FOR CUBA. 



Dr. John Gifford, of the New York 

 State College of Forestry, has just im- 

 ported a large quantity of Eucalyptus 

 seed from France for the sanitary depart- 

 ment of the city of Havana, Cuba, 

 Seeds of the following species have been 

 secured: E. amygdalina, E. resinifera, E. 

 rostrata, and 2 varieties of. E. viminalis. 

 The little trees will be grown under the 

 direction of Dr. V. Havard and Mr. Eben 



White. As soon as they are of sufficient 

 size they will be planted in the neighbor- 

 hood of Havana. It is hoped that by the 

 planting of these trees the healthfulness 

 of that region will be improved. The soil 

 is undoubtedly drained by these trees and 

 odors of a healthful nature are emitted 

 from the leaves. The trees grow quickly 

 and soon yield valuable wood, especially 

 E. rostrata and E. resinifera, which are 

 highly prized in their native land, Aus- 

 tralia, and in places where they have been 

 cultivated. 



E. amygdalina, of Southeast Australia, 

 although not the largest, is the loftiest 

 tree of the world. In favored localities 

 it reaches a height of over 400 feet. The 

 wood is used for shingles, rails, house 

 construction, ship construction, etc. 



E. resinifera, of Queensland and New 

 South Wales, has done remarkably well 

 in Algeria and Southern Europe. It is 

 a superior timber tree; in fact, the wood 

 is called Australian mahogany. It is ex- 

 cellent for a tropical clime, although not 

 so rapid a grower as other species. 



E. rostrata yields valuable wood also. 

 This species is extensively cultivated in 

 South Africa, where it is called the 

 Farmer's Friend. 



Various other species will be experi- 

 mented with in order to find those best 

 adapted to the Cuban conditions. Species 

 valuable for wood have been selected be- 

 cause wood is scarce in parts of Cuba, A 

 friend writes that telegraph and telephone 

 poles are expensive and scarce, and that 

 American basswood, for instance, is 

 worth $150 a thousand at retail. 



THE CEDAR WOOD SHINGLE. 



CLARENCE M. LINDSAY. 

 With profuse apologies to the author of "The Old Oaken Bucket." 

 How dear to my heart is the cedar wood That cedar wood shingle I hailed as a 



terror, 



shingle, 

 With which I was basted in days that 

 are fled. 

 E'en now I recall how my sore skin would 

 tingle, 

 When father and I had adjourned to the 

 shed. 

 How oft on my tr.nderest spot I received 

 it, 

 'Twas poised ior a moment, then fell 

 with a wfu.ck; 

 If a few inches higher it struck I believe it 

 Would, beyond question, have broken 

 my back. 



That old cedar shingle that lay in the 

 woodshed. , 



That cedar wood shingle, 



That barbarous shingle, 

 That deadly old shingle that lay in the 



shed. 



For whene'er I returned from some wild 

 escapade, 

 'Twas ever the means which corrected my 

 error, 

 And a fearfully vlivid impression it 

 made. 

 With my father's stern justice no mercy 

 would mingle, 

 Right soundly he licked me and sent me 

 to bed, 

 And often in visions I dream of that 

 shingle, 

 That old wooden shingle that lay in the 

 shed. 



That cedar wood shingle, 

 That barbarous shingle, 

 That deadly old shingle that lay in the 

 shed. 



