Sight-seeing in South America . Wehad the satisfaction of feeling that when he spoke Portu-guese he knew what he was talking about, and when wespoke English we knew what we were talking , there is nothing in this garden to direct astranger. In the absence of a map, guide book, or cur-rier, it took much time and patience to find the thingswe desired especially to see. At last we succeeded, butnot with theassistance of our English-speaking sought until we found. Here one may^ see the sapote tree with its long comes froni;,|lie tropical forests where it suppl
Sight-seeing in South America . Wehad the satisfaction of feeling that when he spoke Portu-guese he knew what he was talking about, and when wespoke English we knew what we were talking , there is nothing in this garden to direct astranger. In the absence of a map, guide book, or cur-rier, it took much time and patience to find the thingswe desired especially to see. At last we succeeded, butnot with theassistance of our English-speaking sought until we found. Here one may^ see the sapote tree with its long comes froni;,|lie tropical forests where it supplies thegummy substance out of which the chewing gum ofcommerce is ntade. One avenue, half a mile in length,lined with royal palms, is alone worth going to Rio tosee. On the lake, in the center of the garden, is the VictoriaRegina, a water lily with a large leaf with an invertedrim like an immense pie plate. Rio dc Janeiro 201 One of the curiosities is the mother of pahns fromwhich all the other palms of Rio came. It MU The Mother of Pahns the farthest gateway, some distance from the tree is very high and is enclosed in a cement fenceon which is the following inscrijjtion : 202 Sight-Seeing in South America Oreodoxa oleraccaplantadaporD. Joao Palma mater. the palm tree is a large bust on a granite monu-ment of Joao VI., the founder of the garden. Near the mother of palms, where a slight elevationbegins, is a group of coffee trees identified by the scien-tific classification Rubiaceae. Farther on we came to the gateway of the Seminarium,or nursery. Here, near a small tank of water, we foundwhat we had been seeking for several hours. This hightree, growing over the gateway and leaning toward it, isa native of northern Brazil where it grows profusely. Itis commonly known as the cow or milk tree. Each stemhas five leaves. As it is the onh^ one in the garden, it isa very choice specimen. When we pierced the bark witha sharp kn
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