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Show Australia Destroying Her Trees. In view of the present and prospective prospec-tive value of Australia's national tree, it is" a little surprising to find that cutting cut-ting and burning is proceeding with scant scientific supervision. California and South America are planting eucalyptus eu-calyptus ; Australia is cutting them down. Australian hardwoods rival ma-, hogany in beauty and susceptibility of polish, and are unsurpassed among the world's timbers in strength, durability dura-bility and resistance to fungus and insect in-sect attacks. |