. Factory and industrial management . ant growth, it is necessary to haveactually grappled with the problem. Some of the illustrations will S.! ^f-- m A PARASITE, LOCALLY KNOWN AS THE TREE-KILLER. give a better idea of the grandeur of the vegetation than it is possibleto give in words. One of them shows a parasite locally known as matapalo, meaning tree-killer, because, when it begins to grow, itwinds itself around the large trees and continues growing until it as-sumes such proportions that the parent tree succumbs in its grasp andbegins to decay. To give an idea of the rapidity with which ve
. Factory and industrial management . ant growth, it is necessary to haveactually grappled with the problem. Some of the illustrations will S.! ^f-- m A PARASITE, LOCALLY KNOWN AS THE TREE-KILLER. give a better idea of the grandeur of the vegetation than it is possibleto give in words. One of them shows a parasite locally known as matapalo, meaning tree-killer, because, when it begins to grow, itwinds itself around the large trees and continues growing until it as-sumes such proportions that the parent tree succumbs in its grasp andbegins to decay. To give an idea of the rapidity with which vegeta-tion grows in that climate, combining extreme moisture and hightemperature, it may be stated that, after the clearing of the line hadbeen completed, the work was suspended for seven months, and,when it was resumed, the bushes had attained a height varying fromfive to seven feet. As soon as this new growth had been cleared awa)^(in January, 1894), the active work of construction was begun, start- MANGANESE MINING IN COLOMBIA. 433.
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