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WAX-INSECT TREE. 



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Foo-chow-foo, used some furniture v/hicli had been 

 lacquered some time and was apparently quite dry, 

 and yet was very ill for a long time from its 

 effects ; so ill that he thought he should be obliged 

 to leave the country and go home. And this is no 

 solitary instance, for I have known several persons 

 suffer most severely from the same cause. 



The wax-insect tree is no doubt a species of ash 

 (fraxinus). It grows abundantly on the banks of 



Wax Tree. 



ponds and canals in the province of Chekiang ; nnd 

 a small quantity of wax is also produced in tliis 



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