Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-12-15
NlscELlANEOUS.


from Hunso prs PERSONAL NARRATIVE.
r.vrxE PLAyr.-The Coffee tree flowers
ncond year, and the Towering lasts only
o., hours. Al this time the shrub has a
/ ~ aspect; seen from afar, il seems cover
H srov. The produce ofthc third year be-
y dyess,v abundant. In plantations well weed
~ s-.tered. and recently cultivated, we find
#ey.~.r;oe sixteen, eighteen, and even twenty
3 "a 81 coffee. In general, however, pro-
.frore than pound and halt or two pounds
In g expected from each plant; and even
~ superior to the mean produce OF tho West
sI,nds. Rains at the time Of the Towering,
-, Of water for artificial irrigations, and
IA. liant. a new species Of coranthus, which
- The branches, are extremely injurious to
s<eoGse trees.
j a.r.cAS FIo TREE.-The trunks OF these
= = covered with very odoriferous plants OF
-. vhich,io general, flower only in The month
MI We were here again struck with those
"seus excrescnces, which IN the form OF rioges,
1 ~. augment, in so extraordinary manner,
-. f.r as twenty feet above the ground, the
49,. of the trunk Of the fig trees of America.
{'t..d,rees TWEEN, ~ two feet and u halfin diane
-, the roots These iigneous ridges some
- ..oarate from the trunk at height of ten
"A ara transformed into cy iindrIcal roots two
.,.;ck The tree looks as lift were supported
.L,,resses. This scatfo.ding, however, does
l...etrate very deep into the earth. The lat
n .,o,s wind Mt the surface of the ground, and
b. .,,wenty feet distance from the trunk, they
i -, with The hatchet, we see the milky juice
j 4. 60 tree gush out, which, when deprived Of
-,,al influence ofihc organs OF the tree, is al
- and congulates. What a wonderful combi- |
- Of cells and vessels exist in these vegeta-
I. uses; in these gigantic trees OF the torrid
=. vbich, without interruption, perhaps during |
hssspd years, prepare nutritious liuids, raise
np.tsight Of $50 feet, convey them down
.-.pAe ground, and conceal beneath a rough
.JlJbark, under the inanimatc layers of lig
sumtter, all the movements OF organic life!
n Cow TREE.-Amidst the great number of
- phenomena which have presented them
rs to me in the course OF my travels, confess
n are few that have 50 powerfully affected my
,eination, as the aspect of the COW tree. r
relates to milk, whatever regards F,
!. inspires an interest which is not merely !.
Of the physical knowledge of things, but is !,
nected with another order of ideas and sen,i- y
It's. We can scarcely conceive how tho hui q
race could exist without farinaceous substan- II
and without that nourishing juice which the n
st OF the mother contains, and which is appro- y
ted TO the long feebleness Of the infant. The
laceous matter of corn, the object of religious IL
ration among SO many nations, ancient and e.
an ia dIffusoJ IA tho so,J> ~sJ J.r~~.teJ sn RI
acts Of vegetables; min, winch serves an It
-, appears to us exclusively the produce of ~
Such are the impre ssions II
i've received in our earliest infancy; such is to
dc source of that asiOnishment which seizes &C
the aspect ofthc tree just described. 1t has fr
ere the solemn shades of forests, the ma estic III
y Of rivers, the mountains wrapped in eternal &c
i thar excite our emotion. A few drops of II.
table Juice recall 10 our minds all the power 81
= and fecundity of nature. On the barren g
Of rock grows tree with coriaccous and dry Jo
;. Its large woody roots can sea -ccly pene- "
into the stone For several months of the er
nat n single shower mpisiens its foliage 10
inches appear dead and dried; but when its NJ
is pierced, there flows from it Il sweet and "A
hing milk. II is at the rising Of the sun ap
bis vegetable fountain is most abundant.- w
.,cks ,,t natives nre Then seen b,s,cn;pg III
II quarters, furnished with large bowls TO ar
. the milk, which grows yellow, and thick pa
lis surface. S INC employ ihclr bowls IN DO
tree itself, others carry the ice home TO M
hildren. q"
NJ now described the sensation which the oil
&c awakens in the mind Of the traveller, at
81 view. In examining the physical pro- IN
Of animal and vegetable products, science on
y them as closely linked together; but it WI
them Of what is marvellous, and perhaps Tue
mar, of ,he;- cbarms of what cxci,ed our ha,
shmens. Nothing appears insolated; tho r'V
cal principles that were believed to be Pc we
TO animals are found in plants; u common as
links together all organic nature. one
act