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islands the palm is chiefly grown for the sake of its fruit 

 from which is obtained the two most valuable products in a 

 commercial sense, these being the dried kernel or copra, from 

 which oil is expressed, (now an important source of vegetable 

 butter), and the fibre obtained from the husk, known as coir, 

 and much used for matting, brush-making and ropes. 



The road now comes to the south end of the Mahogany 

 Avenue, a point which the visitor will pass later, on making 

 the complete round of the Gardens. 



On returning to the main path observe at the corner on 

 the left-hand side a specimen of the Bread-nut tree, Brosimum 

 Alicastrum, native of Jamaica, where the plentiful supply of 

 nuts produced by the trees in that island form a valuable 

 food for horses and cattle, as also do the leaves. This tree 

 also yields a valuable timber. Further on are specimens of 

 Feijoa Sellowiana, a Brazilian fruit tree closely allied to the 

 guava ; Wormia Burbidgei, a fine flowering tree from North 

 Borneo ; the Wampi tree of China, Clausena Wampi ; and 

 Fagraea zeylanica, a flowering shrub of Ceylon. 



Behind the two last named trees note Casimiroa edulis, 

 and Diospyros Ebenaster, both natives of Mexico, where their 

 fruits are highly esteemed. On the corner is the Gum Kino 

 tree of India, Pterocarpus Marsupium, and climbing over it 

 is the Kaffir orange, Strychnos spinosa. It is now proposed 

 to return to the foot of the walk near the Bread-nut tree and 

 note the plants on the right-hand side, leading up to our 

 present position. 



The agaves on the corner are the spiny and spineless 

 varieties of the valuable fibre plant, Agave sisalana : the 

 spiny kind is cultivated in Yucatan ; the spineless variety in 

 the Bahamas. Immediately behind these plants are specimens 

 of Brexia madagascariensis and of Parkinsonia aculeata. 



The strong growing creeper on the pollarded tree is 

 Anamirta cocculus, the source of Cocculus Indicus, used 

 chiefly in the preparation of ointments in medicine, and in the 

 adulteration of beer. Continuing, note Tkunbergia grandi- 

 flora, a creeper with blue flowers ; Yucca gloriosa ; and a 

 plant of Clavija ornata. 



