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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



Photograph from Harriet Chalmers Adams 



THE ROYAL PALM, NOBLEST OF TREES, GRACES MANY A PARK AND AVENUE OE THE 



BRAZILIAN METROPOLIS 



This palm is not native to Brazil, having been brought from the Antilles by Dom Joao VI 

 in iSoS. The original "Mother Palm" may still be seen in the Botanical Gardens of Rio. 

 The palms are taller and finer here than on their native heath (see text, pages 171 and 195). 



