The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-19
UNCLE JERRY's COLLECTION
Wonders or the Vegetable Kingdom fror
Ali Parts of tho World

From ne Washington SIR
This, Department OF Agriculture has iu..
plants useful TO man wniGn are contaiuei IN
Among the m ost remarkable OF these is, tho lao.
bark tree OF Jnmaica. the inner bark o. WbicS
isilsss i II al Caps, rnI InAt ann M
1t bears washing with common SOAP. ana wh W. ",
bleached IN tho sun acquires u degrepUi whi,aa.
which this surprising natural product conn "trn
pares quite iavora6ly as 10 hennty. AnHtler
Sark trey md GnSwn IA Hs s Tropics az tho
l, has round, hard slellcd fruit about ihs
s7s q an SanSe which shnrn when n.
OF pistol Its luice is poisonous. The Eoat1,
American trqm.et treo might furnsh q Ganii
low branches are utilized Tor horns and also
From Iravancore come quaint plant col.,
the" crrherus." which has n milky. poisonons
juice. The ,unrlre irHit Is u.ed by tho NATIVES
TO loosen nnI raj y, out Ths sI oaSs. .Gr
called American aloe arc ,nndc into razor
strops ana are also employed for cleaning and
The eaI"basH Of Inc Wess Indies which r se.,..
enormous fruits that resemble, pumpkins ami
the pulp removei .hev servo var. oIs Gome "In
!nu,ro.es- ior carving water aud even ns Ee,.
Of strength and liaiiness "' advantages
Another lesT; 81" n, n the collection belongs
ninnt on nccomnt o. the manncr in whi SSS' re
leaves turn pr ,und OF their own accord or ra
b. ,ork. W ihont heins ton1.hel or IN any way
on plan will DO affected: ut oIhsr times thes
VII al Ier orm lumrs ara gyr ri simuiia
marks, about nn",, Til. dumb cane ia So
der speeches any ono who may hnpnen 10 Bite
them In the West Indies grows the six COZ.
S be" ii o stV 1e shy ea sfs .si
Tor siuillnR cushions. An interesting specimen
also u tooth hrush tree from Jamaica Tooth
the stem to convenient lengths and Tray ns out
The ends: It also. SUPPLIES, convenitntly
prepared by ,nn!verizlng the dried sem.
This wonderful vegetable assemblase In.
bo hH plan. Of the East
utilized A. cosmetic in Asia and northern
Africa. The practice has DESCENDED from very
mummes. tho rarts dyed bang usueb the
finger and toe nails, the tips OF the fingers. The
The reddish tint produced Is considered highly
ornamental BY Oriental bellies In Brazil there
enown Tey csnsnn .dn.
nuts and the husis are very peculiar. being six
wcn IN and regular as
Tue snake tree Of Guiana Is so called because
coiled serpent. For this reason the Indians
employ the nuts rs an antidote for snake
poison. Another curiosity ~ the papyrus OF
payer by the ancient Eayptinns For this pnr-
nose the wood OF the reed stem was cut In thin
slices, which we're placed side BY side. accord.
ing to the size Of the eheet required. Alter
being wated and bsnten with q wooden In
ss,r ,u t. until smooth they were pressed and
sS s .u @ = x 9f,' .as
very posonou.. were admins ered to persons
accused Of crime. II the individual was In
noceht the dose excited vomiting, and his
vindication: but. when retained in The
stomach. IT quickly proved fatal. and quit
was thus established. The vegetable ivory
plant ~ South America fr a well.known com
mersial articr. Is seeds at first contain
uuti it becomes as hard as ivory. for which
1t is used as u substitute.
From eastern Asia comes plant the flowers
(which contain aTuantity OF Juice hat rapidly
Hnrns 6laeS or e., dsen purple t Is used By
brow.s. and In Java for backing Shoes. Do.
eide ily remark able ia the camphOr tree from
which camphnr rs riepsred by boiling the
chopped branches in water. II H. mainly pro.
1t grows well In the southern States. there 10
phor will some day become u profitable in-
'iusiry 10 this country. The nrnotta plant ha>
seeds coatoi with red, waxy pulp which 10
p!oyed ~ tn. South American Carlbs for
painting their bodies, paint being almost their
only article Of clothing. As "a commercial aru-
Gle II is mainly utilized as q colortn& for
cheese. butter. and inferior chocolates. From
roots Of which Yield very pecul ar and pleas
ing perfume. In India the leaves arc manu-.
featured into screens for doors and windows.
which when wet diffuse refreshing scent