Inventory 43, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate II. 



An Important 



Oil Producer in the 

 letia nobiuis mlers. 



Tropics, the Brazil 

 S, P. I. No. 43114;. 



Nut Berthol- 



This giant of the Brazilian forests is a stately and imposing ornamental tree. Its nuts yield a vege- 

 table oil that deserves considerable attention. Its uses by -watchmakers and artists would seem 

 by no means to deUmit its possibilities, although over a million dollars' worth of nuts were im- 

 ported into the United States ia 1914 for these purposes and for the edible kernels. The kernels 

 yield approximately 70 per cent of oil. (Photographed by Mr. O. W. Barrett at the Royal Bo- 

 tanic Gardens, I'ort of Spain, Trinidad.) 



