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are largely eaten, being exported from the various hill stations 

 in the Himalaya " (Watt), to other parts of India. 



1. 1911, " Corylus Column var. chinensis," pp. 327-328; 

 1913, "A Himalayan Tree Hazel/' pp. 163-164. 



The Acorns of the " Sweet Acorn Oak " [Quercus Ilex, Linn, 

 var. Ballota), of Spain and Portugal are sold in the markets of 

 Spain and Morocco, where they are used as food. The Acorns 

 of si Turkey Oak " (Q. Cerris, Linn.), of Europe, Asia 

 Minor, &c, and " Common Oak' 5 (Q. pedunculated, Ehrh., and 

 sessiliflora, Salisb.), of Europe and Asia, have been used and 

 recommended for feeding stock, pigs especially. The fruits or 



.uiast " of " Common Beech " (Fagus sylvatica, Linn.), of 

 Europe, Asia Minor, &c, have been recommended for a similar 

 purpose and from these also an oil is obtained in Southern 



Germany and France, suitable for table use. 



1. 1894, "Table Oils from Beech and Linden," p. 218. 



2. Sept. 1914, "The Value of Acorns, Horse Chestnut and 

 Beech Mast as Food for Stock/' pp. 511-528; Oct., 1915, " The 

 Feeding of Acorns to Live Stock," pp. 686-687; Oct., 1916, 

 "Food Yalue of Acorns, Horse Chestnuts, and Beech Mast," 



p. 690; Nov., 1917, "Acorns for Pig Feeding," pp. 922-923; 



Aug., 1918, "Acorns as Food for Poultry." pp. 573-576. 

 3. No. 13, 1917, "Acorn Poisoning ' V No . 291, 1917, "The 



Food Yalue of Acorns and Beech Mast." 



Castanea sativa, Mill.; Sweet Chestnut. 



A large tree of Southern Europe, North Africa, Orient, &c. 

 The nuts are an important article of food in the Apennines 

 (Mus. Kew), and in most countries where grown; imported into 

 the United Kingdom from Spain and other South European 

 countries, the largest and best nuts being obtained from culti- 

 vated trees grafted on wild stocks. Introduced to the North- 

 West Himalaya, where the nuts are sold in the bazaars. Smoked 

 and dried chestnuts and flour are shown in the Kew Museum, 

 as used for food at Castagliano in the mountains of Pistoja,. 

 Ttalv. 



1. 1890, "Chestnut Flour/' pp. 173-174. 



SCITAMINEAE. 



Musa sapientum, Linn. ; Banana. 



A herbaceous perennial, varying in height from about 20 to 

 25 ft. ; cultivated in many tropical countries — Asia, Africa, 



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of fruit are chiefly from Costa Rica (2,614,186 bundles), 

 Colombia (2,555,504 bunches), Canary Islands (2.1 18,080 



bunches), and British West Indi<- (499,763 bunch ), the 

 remainder, 32,451 bunches, from Foreign Countries not enumer- 

 ated, making a total of 7.539.984 bunches for 1913. 



The banana grown in Jamaica and Costa Rica is the varietv 

 " Gros Michael," which grows 18 to 20 ft. high (Fawcett) with 

 fruit larger and coarser than that of the " Canary Banana 

 (Musa Cavendishii, Lamb.), a smaller plant growing about 6 ft. 

 high. The var. paradisiaca is the " Plantain," grown in the 



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