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FRUIT CULTIVATION 



growing for the table. The best varieties should be propagated by 

 gootee or budding, though the tree is usually propagated from seed ; 

 the latter being small, should be sown in pots under cover. 



HK AXIL-NUT. Bci'thollctia cxccha. 



Bertholletia excelsa. (Myrtaceae). Brazil-nut, or Para-nut. 

 A tall handsome tree, with oblong wavy leaves, which are 14 to 

 16 inches long and about 3 inches broad, native of Guiana, 

 Venezuela and Brazil. In its native home, specially on the banks 

 of the Amazon and Orinoco, the tree attains a height of over 100ft. 



