Spices Figs Prunes Cranberries. 121 



Banyan Tree. 



105. The banyan 

 tree is remarkable 

 for its way of 

 spreading itself. 

 This is done by its 

 branches, which 

 shoot downward, 

 take root in the 



ground, and become trunks. It is a 



native of India. 



1 06. The trees which yield cloves, nutmegs, mace, ginger, 

 cinnamon, and black pepper, grow in Java, Sumatra, 

 Ceylon, the Spice and other islands south and southeast 

 of Asia ; some of them grow on the mainland also. 



107. Figs, olives, pomegranates, and almonds grow 

 abundantly in the countries which surround the Mediter- 

 ranean Sea. The dried figs used in the United States 

 come mostly from Turkey. What countries in Europe 

 border on the Mediterranean Sea? (p. 160). What coun- 

 tries in Asia? (p. 174). In Africa ? (p. 200). 



1 08. Bananas, pineapples, guava, and tamarinds, as 

 well as oranges and lemons, abound in the West Indies. 



109. Prunes are plums raised and prepared in France. 



no. Cranberries grow on a little running shrub, in low, 

 flat, sandy districts, which may, like rice-fields, be flooded ; 

 covering for a while the whole surface with water, and 



