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required is to conserve the young growth, not to make artificial plantings; hut in 
the case of the White Beech, I think an exception should he made, and artificial 
propagation resorted to in suitable localities. Indian Teak seeds are very similar to 
White Beech seeds, and indeed the two trees are closely allied, botanically. Both 
seeds take a long time to germinate under ordinary circumstances. The method of 
preparing Teak seeds for germination in India is to bury heaps of them in a shallow 
earthen pit which is. covered over with soil and kept moist. When the seeds begin 
to germinate they are opened out and carefully planted. 
Allies. —We have two other Gmelinas in Australia, hut they are Queensland 
trees and do not extend to New South Wales. Their timber resembles that of our 
beech a good c^eal. There are five or six other species, confined to India, the Malay 
Archipelago, and the regions between. 
Of the three Indian species of Gmelina, of which G. arborea is the most 
important, Gamble, in his Manual of Indian Timbers, says 
The wood is easily worked and readily takes paint or varnish ; it is very durable under water. It 
is highly esteemed for planking, furniture, door-panels, carriages, well-work, boats, toys, packing-cases, 
and all ornamental work. It would probably be a valuable wood for tea-boxes. It is tbe chief furniture 
wood of Chittagong, and is in some demand in Calcutta. 
lie quotes Captain Baker as stating that it is— 
Well calculated for light planking, panelling, blinds, and Venetians, and of much estimation for 
picture-frames, organ-pipes, sounding-boards, and such other work where shrinkage has to be avoided. 
It is noticeable that this property of comparative absence of shrinkage is a 
characteristic of both the Indian and the New South Wales Beech. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE 33. 
a. Corolla, opened out, showing didynamous stamens. 
B. Exterior of corolla. 
c. Gynreceum, showing unequally 2-lobcd stigma, 
n. Stamen, with diverging anther-cells. 
e. Stamen, the anther discharging pollen. 
f. Fruits. 
G. Putamen (stone of the seed), the mosocarp (succulent part) removed. 
