26 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. [1899. 



This shows a picture of a date palm in fruit. There are 

 huge hunches of fruit at the top. The tree was fifty feet in 

 height. These trees grow remarkably quick and give excellent 

 results. It is a fruit that is now grown to some extent, but 

 they do not have the best varieties. The Liche, ordinarily 

 found along rivers in China, especially in Canton, grows exten- 

 sively. You sometimes get the fruits at Chinese stores, but 

 here it is usually inferior on account of age. It tastes like 

 delicious raisins when fresh, but the Chinese rather like it when 

 it is musty. 



This picture shows bread fruit, which grows in great abun- 

 dance, tastes very much like bread. It is extensively used 

 in our tropical countries. The leaves of the plant are used 

 to wrap meat in, and it has the effect of rendering meat tender 

 that is tough. 



I met a number of troops who had walked from Camp Otis a 

 great distance, and were expected to walk back. They com- 

 plained bitterly of the food they received, but it was not the 

 fault of the government, but through the mistake of some offi- 

 cial, the supplies failed to reach them. I have since learned, 

 through a letter from one of the young men, that conditions 

 have been improved. 



This is an interesting group of natives who are washing 

 clothes in the brook. Growing along the banks of the river is 

 a beautiful purplish flower. 



This is the picture of a beach, along which some of the Ex- 

 queen's fishermen are enjoying themselves, while here we see 

 the residence of the late Robert Louis Stevenson. Many beau- 

 tiful plants surround the house, including nearly all of those 

 found in our greenhouses. Vines cover the veranda and 

 arbors. Near the house was a large tree which stood sixty feet, 

 and which was planted twenty years ago. 



This is a beautiful yellow oleander tree which is grown exten- 

 sively in China. We find here two crotons, cultivated in the 

 Hawaiian Islands more extensively than in any other place, 

 except Jamaica. The natives make use of the crotons. The 

 Philanthus is found here. It has purplish leaves. It makes 



