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Three Yoiwg Crusoe s 



Indian Almond. Cultivated for shade and orn- 

 ament. The fruits, which are edible, are very much 

 like true almonds. A dark dve is made from the 

 bark and also from the leaves, which become highly 

 colored with age. 



Fig. 45. A logwood plantation. 



Lead Tree. A very common tree with pods like 

 those of the locust, only larger, containing brown, 

 hard seeds. The flowers are in round clusters like 

 those ot the acacia. The beans are used as beads 



