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that fruit with its sub-acid and sweet taste is 

 one of the most refreshing fruits that can be 

 used in hot weather. It is an introduction 

 from the Mediterranean. 



Papaw (Carica Papaya). This is a peculiar 

 unbranched tree ten to twenty-five feet high, 

 naked stem up to summit, where leaves one 

 to two feet in diameter, on long stalks 

 present an appearance imitating the Palm. 

 There are male and female trees, the female 

 being covered near its summit with round 

 orange-looking fruit, one above the other 

 along the stem. This fruit has of late years 

 attracted the attention of the medical pro- 

 fession for its peculiar pepsine qualities. It 

 has the property of softening tne fibre of 

 meat in cooking, and is much used for that. 

 It was introduced from the West Indi'^s. 



Walnut (Otaheite) (Alewrites Triloba) is to 

 be seen in the Public Building grounds, and 

 one tree is on the exhibition grounds. It is 

 sometimes called butternut, but it has no 

 similarity to the tree of that name commoa 

 in Canada and America. 



Bamboo (Bambusa Arundinacea) is a very 

 graceful tree, especially when planted in 

 clumps, its jointed stems rising thirty or 

 forty feet and swaying about with every 

 passing breeze. Its slender branches are not 

 hollow like the main stem, but are solid and 

 bear narrow leaflets about six inches long. 

 Closely allied to it is the Cane (Arundo Donax) 

 with stems rising from ten to flfteen feet, 

 terminating in a large tawny plume, not un- 

 like the pampas grass. 



LaurestinuH (Viburnun Tinus) — A small 

 evergreen shrub, with clusters of white flow- 

 ers, is to be found in gardens. Oiie specimen 



