The Trees in the Yard 



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thatch palm and the silver thatch palm, were ar- 

 ranged about the yard, singly or in clumps, evident- 

 ly planted there for ornament; while the southern 

 palmetto, or cabbage palm, was mostly found in 

 the fields. The boys had heard that its young leaf- 

 buds were good to eat, but they hated to cut down 



Fig. 34. A Cuban hut made entirely of royal palm. 



the beautiful trees for the buds alone, and the mon- 

 key could not be induced to gather them, since they 

 were not mentioned in his text-book of botany. He 

 had no difficulty with cocoanuts, because his own 

 face was stamped on the end of each one of them. 



