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PALME, 
Cocos nucifera. Cocoa-nut. At an elevation of 3,000 feet and | 
200 miles from the sea the Cocoa-nut palm is scarcely w worth oukiveting: 
‘It is, however, here and there in several varieties, [In other parts of 
Mysore, especially when water is near the surface, the cultivation of the 
. Cocoa-nut is said to be fairly profitable. The export of fresh Cocoa- 
nuts from ‘Mysore State in 1880-81 was valued at 10. aie and of | 
Cocoa-nut oil at 6667. Imp. Gaz. of India, vol. x. p. 102. 
» Phoenix dactylifera. Date-palm. This has only been 
Ss cently introduced. ‘The Wild Date LP hea sy loeit. 5 on account sof 
c zn yielded by it, is one of the most valuable trees in Mysore, 
= Since the above information was prepared by Mr. Cameron there has 
been issued the Annual Report on the Government Botanical Gardens 
at Bangalore for 1887-88 which contains much useful information. 
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vars that the Tree-tomato, Sapiens peace the Arracacha, 
Arracacia pronto; and the Cho-cho, Sechium edule, three very im- 
mt | ntroduced to the ies t gh the instet: 
per 
o far has not proved PAUUO Som 
rom the Persian Gulf cultivated in the garden afford some 
Me of dne better in the future. 
