The Trees in the Yard 87 



way, giving one the impression that they had just 

 come up of themselves; which was probably true of 

 most of them. 



By the front gate, were two mango trees, one with 

 red and the other with yellow fruit, but neither a 

 very good variety. The trees were large, rounded, 

 and shapely, and bore an abundance of fruit, that 

 ripened in April and May. William thought man- 

 goes tasted too much like turpentine and Edna hated 

 to eat them before the others, but Snowball fairly 

 reveled in them, smearing the juice over his face 

 and hands and half way down his little fat body. 

 He and the monkey were largely responsible for the 

 fibrous seeds that covered the ground under the 

 two trees. 



Shading the walk from the gate to the house, 

 were lemon and sweet orange trees, which perfumed 

 the air with the fragrance of their blossoms; while 

 at one corner of the house and along the garden 

 hedge-row, were several breadfruit trees, with their 

 large, deeply-lobed leaves and round, greenish truits 

 nearly as big as a man's head. These fruits are 

 sweet and starchy when ripe, somewhat like a sweet 

 potato, and are commonly cooked as vegetables, 

 either by wrapping them in leaves and baking be- 

 tween hot stones or by boiling and serving with 



