... with their long, rigid, sword-shaped ieaves, in some species jagged or toothed along their edges. Then there was the bread- fruit tree— an importation, ,it is true, but remarkable from its large, glossy, dark green, strongly digitated foliage, and its ...

... Sandwich Islands— that happy paradise so sympa- thetically described by the Earl of Pembroke— if a man once plants a bread fruit tree, and watches, and cares for it until it reaches maturity, he will have done his duty to his descendants for four generations ...

... southern portion of the island was laid waste, thousands of valuable trees were destroyed, part.cularly the nutmeg and bread-fruit trees, five churches, a mission house, and 300 dwallinp were blown down, many more being damaged, a number of persons were ...

... tothitig will be left of them but the bare coral reef. The vegetation is limited to the cocoa palm, the pendant's, and the bread-fruit tree. Some anti aroet is found on the northern islets, awl the melon tree, which was introduced by some Melanesia's visitors; ...

... parallel witb the shore. The town is situated iv a quiet and pleasant valley, surrounded by a dense grore of cocoa- nut and bread-fruit trees. We remained here nearly a week. Before our arrival intelligence wrs brought here that there was a large man of war steamer ...

... tho father makes provision for it according to his means. This is done by planting a certain number of cocoa-nut and bread fruit trees on a particular spot of land, which is henceforth considered as the child s portion. As soon as the child arrives at ...

... odoratissimus of Linnuus, some bead-dresses made of arrow-root, and some white cloth, in which is em- ployed the bark of the bread-fruit tree. The head-dresses are extremely pretty, though merely light, curled shavings, plaited into a coronet shape ? the simple ...

... (rums high con' spicuuus called Ai look and the Union ! Jack was Mond lying (lon, the staff close by the chinch. The bread-fruit tree appears likely to nourish agaiu, as : they are carefully propagatiug it. I saw several very healthy ones bearitig fruit ...

... ng its unpromising appearance yields at certain ~OM 'a sweet and nourishing milk.' It is almost am well known as the bread-fruit tree: and even the milk was long since submitted to analysis and found to contain thirty per cent, of galactine, the analogous ...

... conservatories — the latter form a long semi-circular range of buildings with a lofty central glass dome, in which palms, bread-fruit trees, aud other tropical productions, are growing in all their native luxuriance. In front is a large circular fountain, aud ...

... attain great age , finer sight in its way canjot easily be UDtgined ; dump* of bamboos, groves cocoatrees, the mango, the bread fruit trees, orange laden with fruit, bananas, yams, &c. Not a few firings were parsed, where negroes have built ■ themselves, and ...

... stuffs almost entirely for some time to come. Trees, cf course, are uprooted and destroyed in every direc- tion, and the bread-fruit trees especially appear to have suffered more than others. We have, therefore, a starving population to pro- vide for ; and ...