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while and take several years to ripen, they are not much used as food, 

 though edible. The large shells are however used by the Sechelle islanders 

 for making various useful domestic articles, and the wood and leaves are 

 turned to account in the erection of dwellings, and for other purposes. 

 The Double Cocoa Nut may be grown under the same conditions as 

 Cocos nucifera, and requires similar treatment as regards cultivation and 

 propagation. 



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COCOA PLUM. 



This name is applied to the fruit of Chrt/sobalamts Icaco, an evergreen 

 shrub or small tree indigenous to the West Indies. The genus is the 

 type of the order Chrysobalanaceas, which formerly was classed as a sub- 

 order of Rosaceae. The flowers are white, and the small pulpy Plum-like 

 fruit is palatable and largely used in its native regions. Being a native 

 of tropical countries, the Cocoa Plum can only be cultivated successfully 

 in the warmer regions of Australia, where it may be utilised as an 

 ornamental plant, as also for its fruit which makes an excellent preserve. 

 Any ordinary good soil is favourable, but the plant thrives in a sandy 

 loam. Propagation is easily effected by seeds, which should be planted 

 about three inches deep, layers, or cuttings of the ripened shoots. 



CORNEL. 



HISTORY AND USES. 



The Cornel is a deciduous small tree indigenous to the North of 

 Europe and Asia, known to botanists as Cornus mascula, and the type 

 of the order Cornaceae or the Dogwood family. The fruit is also known 

 as the Cornelian Cherry and Cornel Plum. The generic name comes 

 from Cornu a horn, from the hardness and durability of the wood. The 

 specific name mascula, or mas as it is is often called, owes its origin to 

 the singular circumstance that trees from seed invariably bear only 

 staininate or male flowers for years. Afterwards they bear flowers of 

 both- sexes, and fruit. The common family name Dogwood is said to 

 have originated through the wild tree being formerly in England called 

 Dogberry Tree and Hounds Tree. The flowers are small, yellow, 

 arranged in clusters, and make their appearance before the leaves. The 

 fruit is oval, about an inch in length, and in colour a reddish scarlet. 

 There is also a variety with yellow fruit. In flavour the fruit is acid 

 and austere, but it makes a very good preserve. Formerly, when better 

 fruits were less plentiful than they are now, the Cornel was more generally 

 used in Europe. Jt was formerly commonly mixed with Apples and 

 Pears in making eider or perry. The wood of the Cornel is very hard 

 and durable and was formerly in great repute for making arrows and 

 javelins. Cornel trees when growing under favourable conditions will 



