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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  December, 
  1 
  907 
  

  

  fixed, 
  but 
  the 
  nationality 
  of 
  the 
  workers 
  as 
  well. 
  Upon 
  these 
  stances. 
  Teak 
  is 
  found 
  only 
  in 
  the 
  forests 
  of 
  Eastern 
  and 
  

   the 
  collector 
  may 
  be 
  said 
  to 
  rely 
  for 
  his 
  information, 
  and 
  Southern 
  Asia, 
  nearly 
  the 
  entire 
  produce 
  being 
  under 
  the 
  

   they 
  are 
  quite 
  infallible 
  aids. 
  Strangely 
  enough, 
  though, 
  the 
  control 
  of 
  Great 
  Britain, 
  and 
  when 
  some 
  years 
  ago 
  it 
  was 
  

  

  Tortoise 
  Shell 
  Screen 
  on 
  Teakwood 
  Base 
  

  

  patterns 
  themselves 
  are 
  far 
  less 
  useful 
  than 
  the 
  workmanship, 
  

   for 
  from 
  hand 
  to 
  hand 
  the 
  designs 
  have 
  been 
  spread 
  until 
  

   generally 
  toned 
  down, 
  added 
  to 
  here 
  and 
  there, 
  and 
  taken 
  

   from 
  as 
  the 
  carver 
  willed, 
  

   there 
  was 
  little 
  to 
  show 
  

   what 
  the 
  original 
  had 
  been 
  

   save 
  a 
  general 
  semblance 
  

   in 
  all 
  the 
  work 
  which 
  can 
  

   but 
  be 
  noticed. 
  

  

  The 
  value 
  placed 
  upon 
  

   teakwood 
  is 
  very 
  high, 
  

   though 
  it 
  is 
  true 
  that 
  mod- 
  

   ern 
  furniture 
  is 
  far 
  less 
  

   valued 
  than 
  the 
  antique. 
  

   An 
  owner 
  of 
  a 
  yacht 
  re- 
  

   cently 
  paid 
  one 
  thousand 
  

   dollars 
  for 
  teakwood 
  floor- 
  

   ing 
  for 
  his 
  yacht, 
  which 
  

   is 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  an 
  exorbit- 
  

   ant 
  price 
  under 
  the 
  circum- 
  Teakwood 
  and 
  

  

  Old 
  Chinese 
  Porcelain 
  Bowl 
  on 
  Teakwood 
  Stand 
  

  

  found 
  that 
  the 
  trees 
  were 
  rapidly 
  becoming 
  exterminated 
  by 
  

   the 
  tremendous 
  exportations 
  and 
  the 
  carelessness 
  of 
  the 
  men 
  

   whose 
  business 
  it 
  was 
  to 
  fit 
  the 
  wood 
  for 
  market, 
  the 
  govern- 
  

   ment 
  promptly 
  took 
  the 
  

   matter 
  into 
  consideration. 
  

   Teakwood 
  was 
  much 
  used 
  

   in 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  war 
  

   vessels, 
  and 
  its 
  loss 
  meant 
  

   a 
  serious 
  one 
  to 
  the 
  gov- 
  

   ernment, 
  which 
  could 
  find 
  

   nothing 
  that 
  would 
  so 
  well 
  

   fill 
  its 
  place. 
  Its 
  exporta- 
  

   tion 
  was 
  immediately 
  for- 
  

   bidden 
  to 
  a 
  certain 
  degree, 
  

   so 
  that 
  the 
  supply 
  was 
  

   practically 
  in 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  

   the 
  government. 
  

  

  Teakwood 
  is 
  very 
  hard, 
  

   and 
  is 
  sometimes 
  wrongly 
  

   Tortoise 
  Shell 
  called 
  ironwood. 
  

  

  Bronze 
  Incense 
  Burner 
  on 
  Teakwood 
  

   Pedestal 
  

  

  Jade 
  Plaque 
  on 
  Teakwood 
  

   Base 
  

  

  Rock 
  Salt 
  Embedded 
  in 
  

   Teakwood 
  

  

  