124 THE PALM TREE. 
CHAPT HR xX: 
THE PALM TREE. 
MANNER OF GROWTH — LEAVES — FRUIT — THE USES OF THE 
PALM—COCOANUT TREE—DATE TREE—SAGO PALM—CANES 
FOR CHAIR BOTTOMS—DRAGON’S BLOOD—THE FIXTURES OF 
AN INDIAN COTTAGE—LOCALITIES OF THE PALM—THE PAL- 
METTO—NUMBER OF SPECIES OF PALMS—GENERAE CHARAC= 
TERISTICS—THE PALM TREE OF THE BIBLE. 
~ HE interest which we take in the 
study of Nature will be found to 
be much increased, by the com- 
parison of the productions of one 
quarter of the globe with those 
of another. As in smaller plants, 
so also in trees, each clime is adorned with a 
growth peculiarly its own. Those trees we have 
already described are such as are most fami- 
liar. To these, some of the productions of 
the tropical forests will form a striking contrast, 
among which is the Palm, whose lofty summit rears 
itself far above its surroundings, presenting the 
appearance, as Humboldt observes, of one forest above 
another. We can form but little idea of the beauty 
of this stately tree, or of the multiplicity of forms 
: SO: 
lh 
are 2:7 * 
