... Newmarket during the Houghton meeting. The Tropical Department of Cryetal Palace now oontaioe fine apecimen of the African bread fruit tree Cencephalartos tridmdii) bearing ita ooloeaal fruit, pro. renting noeal appearance. The factory Hr. Ersne, Englishman ...

... specimen ? Heligalaud. Are the locust and tick bean the same ? The locust bean is the carob beau, or seed of St John’s bread fruit tree ; quite distinct from the tick. The latter is an annual plant; the former a tree, requiring the protection of a greenhouse ...