. Travels in the coastlands of British East Africa and the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba; their agricultural resources and general characteristics . cinnamon, pimento, cacao,tea, coco de mer {Lodoicca), producing the celebrated doublecoco-nut of the Seychelles ; vanilla, varieties of plantain andbanana from the interior, very large-leaved ; tree-aloes, sup-ported by curiously-shaped roots, and somewhat resembling N N 54 ZANZIIJAK AND pakT II the mangrove in growth; fine varieties of crotons; withmany indigenous fruit and other trees, and, lastly, somerubbers, among which I noticed the s
. Travels in the coastlands of British East Africa and the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba; their agricultural resources and general characteristics . cinnamon, pimento, cacao,tea, coco de mer {Lodoicca), producing the celebrated doublecoco-nut of the Seychelles ; vanilla, varieties of plantain andbanana from the interior, very large-leaved ; tree-aloes, sup-ported by curiously-shaped roots, and somewhat resembling N N 54 ZANZIIJAK AND pakT II the mangrove in growth; fine varieties of crotons; withmany indigenous fruit and other trees, and, lastly, somerubbers, among which I noticed the several varieties ofLatidolpJiicB (order Apocynaccte), particularly the L. Kirkii,which the man in charge said grew with great luxuriance,covering everything, so that they had to be cut down. I wasespecially struck with the fine appearance of some Ceararubber trees {Manikot glaziovii), and was informed thattheir growth was so rapid that they too had to be periodicallycut down. I measured a very fine one, and found its girthto be 6 feet at 3i feet from the ground. All the stumps ofthe trees had suckers shooting up again most ZANZIBAR Ms. JhlL B&aBxip^ oJOkortgoiu. UJoMga^^ ^£xmge^ JhjnzLnda^ ^iCLnxEjribe/ &yale/ Vzi TO i JSakuruiachiii\ J\m^ f)cV K^t^angajmuU. JBande,>
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