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obtained from several species of the shrubs called 

 cotton plants,* also inhabitants of the same coun- 

 tries, and belonging to a neighbouring tribe. Also 

 the useful trees which produce the seeds called 

 cacao, or cocoa, the chief ingredient in chocolate." 



U I used to be puzzled about cocoa," said Henry, 

 " fancying that it came from the cocoa-nut palm." 



"It is obtained from a small tree,f of which 

 there are extensive forests in Demerara. The 

 pulp which surrounds the seeds is distilled into an 

 ardent spirit. A neighbouring tribe to this is the 

 NASTURTIUM tribe, consisting wholly of North and 

 South American plants." 



" I fancied," said Mary, " that nasturtiums were 

 poisonous; it was their strong smell that made 

 me think so ; but mamma says that the seeds are 

 often pickled and used instead of capers." 



The children were surprised to hear that the 

 next tribe to this was the LIME tribe, and that 

 only a small number of these are forest trees, 

 while the great proportion are weed-like plants 

 or shrubs, or small trees found within the tropics, 

 and resembling, in many respects, our common 

 mallows. 



* Gossypium. t Theobroma cacao. 



