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THE PALM TREE. 



CHAPTER X. 



THE PALM TREE. 



MANNER OP GROWTH LEAVES FRUIT THE USES OF THE 



PALM COCOANUT TREE DATE TREE SAGO PALM CANES 

 FOR CHAIR BOTTOMS DRAGON'S BLOOD THE FIXTURES OF 

 AN INDIAN COTTAGE LOCALITIES OF THE PALM THE PAL- 

 METTO NUMBER OF SPECIES OF PALMS GENERAL CHARAC- 

 TERISTICS THE PALM TREE OF THE BIBLE. 



HE interest which we take in the 

 study of Nature will be found to 

 be much increased, by the com- 

 parison of the productions of one 

 quarter of the globe with those 

 of another. As in smaller plants, 

 so also in trees, each clime is adorned with a 

 growth peculiarly its own. Those trees we have 

 already described are such as are most fami- 

 liar. To these, some of the productions of 

 the tropical forests will form a striking contrast, 

 among which is the Palm, whose lofty summit rears 

 itself far above its surroundings, presenting the 

 appearance, as Humboldt observes, of one forest above 

 another. We can form, but little idea of the beauty 

 of this stately tree, or of the multiplicity of forms 



