... — lb. A valued correspondent in Dominica tells us that his cook informed him that if a woman climbs a mango tree or a bread fruit tree the fruit be comes tasteless and wattry and is spoilt —a quaint superstitionl—lb. ETne Circular's correspondent who ...

... most useful products of the tropical zones furnished us with precious food that we missed on hoard. I would speak of the bread fruit tree, very abundant in the island of Gilboa: and I reivarked chiefly the variety destitute of seeds, bears in Malaya the name ...

... I NCO3IMON TEF:ES. In Ceylon there is a bread fruit tree, from which a kind of bread is made. This Is said to compare very favourably with the ordinary article. In South America there grows a milk tree, while a tree in Sumatra is known as the vegetable ...

... grow sufficient even for their own use. An interesting exhibit of the fruit and foliage of the Monstera Delicosa (the bread fruit tree of Mexico) grown one of the palmhouses at Kinfauns aroused much interest among the members. Mr Astley was thanked on ...

... account, for the benefit of British possessions overseas, the results of previous discovery, by the introduction of the bread fruit tree (which had been discovered growing abundantly by Captain Cook in the Society Islands), into the West Indies where it ...

... plant of the pineappi e family, from tropical Americaihe ;»cnster deliciosi is putting forth its fruit. This is the bread fruit tree family, and its fruit is now being ' landed London from deira. I The maidenhair femg, though i the zenith thei? beauty ...

... explained, jin houses that have no walls, but consist of thatched roofs supported on poles. These poles are made from the bread fruit tree, and are only few feet high. Social rank among the natives is shown the number of mats they sleep on. A per' son of ...

... in a day as would serve you for months, The best of human food, nuts, berries, fruit of every description, even tc the bread fruit tree and the cow-tree. Many morning I’ve seen aid Rowa- Tara (the Maori) or his aaughters come in with the milk pails full ...

... for the possession of these much- desired isles. St. Vincent, at Kingston, its capital, has a Botanic Garden where the bread fruit tree, brought by Bligh.of Bounty fame, from the Pacific was acclimatized for the West Indies. St. Lucia has a splendid harbour ...

... sights among all kind* tropical Melbourne, and party arrived a.mesi vegetation, including coconut palme, , * Wann and bread fruit tree. P«.- sing through the rice field* , , Ilt ...

... MON TREES. In Ceylon there ix a bread fruit tree, from n a kind of bread is made. This is said to compare very fav ourably with the ordinary article. In Routh America there grows a milk tree, while a tree in Pulnatra IS known au the vegetable tallow tree ...

... to his seat, viewed his work with a cynical glance. canvas of dried dock leaves, suspended by thongs from an adjacent bread fruit tree, was displayed the masterpiece from the brush of I’hlop. The large bulbous features of Queen M'ah (chief wife of King ...