. The Cuba review. Cuba -- Periodicals. 22 THE CUBA REVIEW. THE TREES OF EASTERN CUBA. Much Valuable Lumber. Prevalence of Hardwoods. Neglected Plantations. Cuba Adapted to Many Northern Forms of Arborea. BY B. S. BOWDISH. Special Inspector of Wild Birds imported by dealers for the U. S. Uept. of Agriculture, Chief Clerk of the National Association of the Audubon bociety. Cuba, while it has lost by axe and lire much of its primeval abundance of timber, still retains much scattered lum- ber of very considerable marketable value, and more or less value commer- cially. Among the imoortant trees a

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. The Cuba review. Cuba -- Periodicals. 22 THE CUBA REVIEW. THE TREES OF EASTERN CUBA. Much Valuable Lumber. Prevalence of Hardwoods. Neglected Plantations. Cuba Adapted to Many Northern Forms of Arborea. BY B. S. BOWDISH. Special Inspector of Wild Birds imported by dealers for the U. S. Uept. of Agriculture, Chief Clerk of the National Association of the Audubon bociety. Cuba, while it has lost by axe and lire much of its primeval abundance of timber, still retains much scattered lum- ber of very considerable marketable value, and more or less value commer- cially. Among the imoortant trees are log- wood (Haematoxylon campechianum), valuable for its use in the manufacture of dyes; West Indian cedar (Cedrela odorata), used largely in the manufac- ture of cigar boxes, and mahogany (Swientenia mahogani). That this valu- able wood was once abundant in Cuba is shown by the inferior uses to which it was put in the older structures, and it is still found to some extent; lignum vitae (Guaiacum officinale), used in the manufacture of pulleys, blocks and other objects where extreme hardness and toughness is required, is fairly abundant and is exported to a considerable ex- tent. Some of the trees which shade the streets of Cuban cities are Spanish laurel, West Indian almond (Ficus in- dica), beefwood (Casuarina cquiseti- folia), resembling a conifer at a dis- tance, but possessing hard, heavy wood and introduced from Australia and the East Indies, and sandbox trees (Hura crepitans), deriving its name from the fact that in early times the seed pods were used as receptacles for sand for blotting purposes. The grand ceiba or silk cotton trees (Ceiba pentandra) are scattered all over the island, but are not much more abundant than the valuable hard woods. The wood is soft and light. This tree is common to most tropical countries and is remarkable for its peculiar growth, great buttresses at the base with eliptic shaft and sparse branching. Among fruit trees in Cuba are the orang