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Three Young Crusoe s 



tul, branched flower-clusters many feet high. No 

 wonder it took them from five to twenty years to 

 get ready to bloom. The thick leaves were full of 



Fig. 70. An attractive tropical house covered with bignonia. The 

 trees are eucalyptus, from Australia, now planted extensively in warm 

 countries because of their exceedingly rapid growth. 



long, thread-like fibers, which showed plainly when 

 the leaves were scraped or began to decay. 



Sisal, or henequen, so much used for ropes, twine. 



