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The Empire Timber Exhibition, held in London in July 1920, was remarkable for the number of beautiful woods which were displayed in the India section. It was difficult to understand why most of these valuable timbers were either unknown or not appreciated in the European market. Most people in this country believed that teak was the only timber of importance produced in India, and were surprised to see the variety of species that were made up into furniture, panelling, parquet flooring, and a host of miscellaneous articles, ranging from fishing-rods to scientific instruments. The cause of the neglect of Indian woods may be put down to lack of business methods on the part of the Government, which controlled the great bulk of the forests. This supineness is now a matter of the past, and efficient measures have been taken to make known in England the wealth of timbers available.1
A Manual of Indian Timbers: An Account of the Growth, Distribution, and Uses of the Trees and Shrubs of India and Ceylon, with Descriptions of their Wood-Structure.
By J. S. Gamble. Reprint of second edition with some additions and corrections. Pp. xxvi + 868 + 20 plates. (London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co., Ltd., 1922.) 3l. 3s. net.
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A Manual of Indian Timbers: An Account of the Growth, Distribution, and Uses of the Trees and Shrubs of India and Ceylon, with Descriptions of their Wood-Structure . Nature 110, 276 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/110276b0
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