tropical woods
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In 1904 a Boston syndicate, grandly titled the Swan Islands Commercial and General Trading Co., bought the place to harvest coconuts and tropical woods, but lost money steadily through the years.
From Time Magazine Archive
The nation imposed a moratorium on ivory imports, altered fishing practices that threaten sea life, and has begun to discuss reducing its consumption of tropical woods.
From Time Magazine Archive
New Zealand has gone further: it has said it will stop importing tropical woods from places where there is uncontrolled logging.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tropical Woods and Tree Products.—Many of the tropical woods are in demand on account of their beautiful appearance, and in many species this quality is combined with strength and hardness.
From Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges by Redway, Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw)
Vast and gloomy cypress, bay, swamp palm, ironwood, and other tropical woods reared their columnar trunks, from out a dark and noisome undergrowth, to an immense height.
From Ralph Granger's Fortunes by Brown, William Perry
