. 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. DWARF PINE 12. SWISS PINE. Pomegranate (22), a member of the Myrtle order, with its brilliant blossomand complicated rows of seed-bearing cavities in the fruit, is a native ofAfrica, whence it was brought to Southern Europe. Among the ancientsthe fruit was much prized, and dedicated to the goddesses Proserpineand Juno. The Fig-tree (23), with its large, broad, sinuously-lobed
. 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. DWARF PINE 12. SWISS PINE. Pomegranate (22), a member of the Myrtle order, with its brilliant blossomand complicated rows of seed-bearing cavities in the fruit, is a native ofAfrica, whence it was brought to Southern Europe. Among the ancientsthe fruit was much prized, and dedicated to the goddesses Proserpineand Juno. The Fig-tree (23), with its large, broad, sinuously-lobedleaves, and curious hollowed floral receptacle, which becomes convertedinto a luscious fruit, is found in a wild state all over the Levant, but willgrow in the open air in the South of England. The White Mulberry (16), belonging to the same order as the Fig, islargely cultivated in South Europe for feeding silkworms, having beenintroduced there from China. Our English species is the Black Mulberry,whose fruit is more attractive. The Ohve (20), another southern tree,very characteristic, with its taper leaves and bright green fruit, was inancient times considered the emblem of peace; and injury done to a tree. 13a. PINE-CONE AND CHESTNUTLEAF AND FBUIT. 13&. CHESTNUT-TREE. 14. PLANE-TREE. 240 EUROPEAN PLANTS. \ in an olive grove was looked upon as sacrilege. Envoys of vanquishednations, or armies coming to sue for peace, carried olive branches in their
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