Photo: Underwood & Underwood, 



COCO-NUT PALMS NEAR AQUADILLA (PORTO RICO) 



The curious inclination of the trees is probably the effect of storms. This 

 palm is one of the most important food plants of the Tropics, and furnishes ma- 

 terial for making many other necessities of life. Its products are important 

 articles of commerce. It is probably native in tropical South America, and has 

 been spread far and wide by primitive man. 



