. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. 36. CINNAMON-TREE. 37. NUTMEG-TREE. and fragant gums are extracted, the best known are the Balm or Balsam-tree (0) and the Incense-tree (7). The Box (8), celebrated for the hardnessand the close grain of its wood, which is accordingly used for blocks forwood-engraving, grows to the height of twenty feet, with a stem ofgoodly thickness, in Asia. Among the most beautiful of Asi
. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. 36. CINNAMON-TREE. 37. NUTMEG-TREE. and fragant gums are extracted, the best known are the Balm or Balsam-tree (0) and the Incense-tree (7). The Box (8), celebrated for the hardnessand the close grain of its wood, which is accordingly used for blocks forwood-engraving, grows to the height of twenty feet, with a stem ofgoodly thickness, in Asia. Among the most beautiful of Asiatic flowersis the Hibiscus (10), various kinds of which have been introduced intoour greenhouses as ornamental plants. The Tea Shrub (11) in appearanceresembles a rose-bush, both as to its leaves and flowers. The cultivation,formerly confined to China, has widely spread over various parts of thecontinent, as in Assam and in Ceylon. The Asiatic Cotton Plant inmany respects resembles that of America, but in this the fiuif}^ contentsof the pods are yellower in colour. The nankeen stufls are preparedfrom Indian cotton. Jute (13) is important as a fibre for the preparationof mats and coarse fabrics. The delicious Leec
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