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tree to obtain its nuts or to plait its leaves; so, also 
a resident in our forests might obtain from a grove 
of our hardy Palms, if still any are left in this land of 
Canaan, an annual income by harvesting the seeds as 
one of the most costly articles of horticultural export. 
Speaking of Palms, let me observe that the tall 
Wax Palm of New Granada (Ceroxlyon andicola) 
extends almost to the snow-line. It is needless to 
add that we might grow this magnificent product of 
andine vegetation in many localities of the country 
of our own adoption. Each stem yields annually 
about twenty-five pounds of a waxy, resinous coat- 
ing, which when melted together with tallow forms 
an exquisite composition for candles. Chamerops 
Fortunei, a Chinese Fan Palm of considerable height, 
is here hardy, like in South Europe; so would be, prob- 
ably, the Gingerbread Palm (Hyphaene Thebaica). 
Of the value of some Palms we may form an appreci- 
ation when we reflect that Elais Guineensis, which 
at the end of this century should be productive in 
Queensland and North-west Australia, yields from 
the fleshy outer portion of its nut the commercially 
famed Palm-oil, prepared much in the manner of 
Olive-oil; the value of this African Palm-oil import- 
ed in 1861 into England was two millions sterling, 
the demand for it for soap manufacture, and railway 
engines and carriages, being enormous.* The Chilean 
Jubaea or Coquito Palm grows spontaneously as far 
south as the latitude of Swan Hill, and is rich ina 
melliginous sap.t A Date Palm planted now would 
still be in full bearing two hundred years hence. 
*'The import of Palm-oil into Britain during 1868 was nearly a million 
ewt. (960.059 cwt.). 
+ Each tree yields ninety gallons of sap at a time, used for the preparation 
of palm-honey. 
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