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owes its beauty to its luxuriance of prosperous leaves, 

 and its quaintness to its pods. 



FLOWERS AND FRUITS ON MAIN BRANCHES OF A CACAO TREE 



(Reproduced from van Hall's Cocoa, by permission of Messrs. Macmillan & Co.)- 



The Flowers, Leaves and Fruit. 



Although cacao trees are not unlike the fruit trees 

 of England, there are differences which, when first one 

 sees them, cause expressions of surprise and pleasure 



