Panama and the canal . nd mahogany trees also furnish valuable tim-ber, and a certain kind of palm nuts, called ivory nuts, are shipped away to bemade into buttons. In the United States elms,maples, pines, and oaks arethe most common and beauti-ful trees. On the Isthmustheir places aretaken by thepalm trees. Along the roadsand in the parks and gardenswe shall see the royal palmlifting its graceful brancheson a slender trunk high intothe air. This palm bearsno fruit and is useful onlyfor ornament or shade. But the cocoanut palm is bothornamental and useful, for its nuts are collected by thenati
Panama and the canal . nd mahogany trees also furnish valuable tim-ber, and a certain kind of palm nuts, called ivory nuts, are shipped away to bemade into buttons. In the United States elms,maples, pines, and oaks arethe most common and beauti-ful trees. On the Isthmustheir places aretaken by thepalm trees. Along the roadsand in the parks and gardenswe shall see the royal palmlifting its graceful brancheson a slender trunk high intothe air. This palm bearsno fruit and is useful onlyfor ornament or shade. But the cocoanut palm is bothornamental and useful, for its nuts are collected by thenatives to be sold or used as food. Several million cocoa-nuts are sent to our markets at home each year. Nodoubt we have many times eaten Panama we shall see how they grow. All over the Isthmusare cocoanut palms, both wild and cultivated, in greatabundance. They seem much like the royal palms in ^ BS^^iSHlH Sb li^^^^B Copyright by Uticierwood &• Uitderwooa. Negroes with Cocoanuts. A TROPICAL GARDEN 53. Copyright by Underivood &? Hea\\ Bunch of Frlit. 54 A HANDSOME PLANT shape but are not usually so tall. Up there, underneath thefronds or branches and close to the trunk, we can see abunch of half a dozen or more large, oval-shaped look like great, dark-colored eggs. Each is a cocoa-nut wrapped in a thick green covering or husk, much aschestnuts are wrapped in the burs. When partially ripenedthe cocoanut shell and husk are soft pulp and the interioris full of a rich, sweet milk. It is then that the nativesclimb for them. The picture shows three cocoanuts inhusks on the shoulder of one negro, while the other negrois cutting away the husk and soft shell in order to get atthe delicious milk. When the cocoanuts are fully ripe,they drop from the trees. The husk is then dry and canbe easily torn off and the cocoanut at last appears as weare accustomed to see it in our fruit stores. There is also a tree-like plant that is sure to give us a surpri
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