The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-10-06


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One would hardly expect 90 Ind
anything like soap growing ON =
tree. but there Is such n product In
tropical Anaerica-the rind OF what
Is called the soap tree fruit forming
n strong lather when IL is immersed
In water.
The substance known as vegetable
ivory is the product Of a tree that
bears n fruit about the size Of .
mans head and weighing about 30
pounds, each fruit containing 20
nuts, which are very solid, hard and
white. With such n load 90 oArry it
In not surprising that the stem Of
the tree. which Is less than a foot In
diameter. may be seen. not only very
much bent from its naturally up
right position. but actually crawling
on the grolnd.
There aps several kinds Of trees
from which our ordinary cork Is de-
rived. and by a wise provision Of ma
ture. when the outer coating Of the
bark has ripened on these cork trees
it may bo removed without injury
TO the inner bark, which continues
growing.
The bamboo blowpipe. as IL is
generally called, - a curious tree
Although IL j. only about IL inches
in diameter 10 grows TO n height Of 80
OF 60 feet. and for about i6 feet IL
has no joints II Is known as "the
rife of tho Indian" and in his
hands, or rather In his mouth, be-
comes n formidable weapon for
blowing poisoned arrows.
The silk cotton tree grows in the
Bahama islands, where there IL
scarcely any depth of soil. and in or
der TO meet this emergency the roots
extend over n very long stretch Of
ground, showing themselves near the
surface while tho slim trunk is sup
ported By six or eight regularly
formed buttrcsscs that are large
enough 20 conceal n man from view.
The baobab or monkey bread tree
Is most extraordinary production
Of nature. Imagine n trra ~ feet In
diameter at the base and only 90
feet high. with tho trunk rapidly di.
minishing toward tho top and thea
spreading out into what looks like q
little forest. In one Of those old
trees tho branches form n spherical
head 100 tn $50 feet in diameter. the
oontor branch rising TO n height Of
60 feet. while others droop over the
main trunk and conceal 10 from
Wow.
Some Of these trees have been boil
lowed out and the space made largy
enough 10 hold e0or 80 men without
any apparent injury 20 the tree
The haohab must b. one Of the SLOW.
est growing recs In tho world. as II
IS supposed 20 DO one Of tho oldest
\ tree has bccn cultivated In th,
gardens at Kew for more than Il
years, and thus far 10 has attainnt
q height Of only 81 fcct. Sunio oi
these trees are estimated TO b. 8. .OOs
years old. and there arc dates cut IN
tho bark that were made in tho four
teenth century.
There i n tree called tho cinchona
tree. from the bark Of which. for
mcrly known as Peruvian bark. Il
derived tho invaluable quinine
Coca il a native Of south America
and rs leaves have long been uses
by the people Of the region where d
grows as n stimulant and n support
or Of animal strength. enabling mcI
70 work hard for days with very lie
tie food and 90 perform long ant
rapid journeys on foot without fa
tigue. More especially iu operation,
on the eye and la dental surgery th,
product Of tho plant - found 20 b.
Of great value. a. cocaine produces
inscnsihility TO local pain withou
affecting the general system liki
ether and chloroform.
Then there Is the eucalyptus tree
which has made such malarious re
gions as the ePontinsmarshcs safean,
inhabitable.-PhiladelphiA Times
The Fost'a HAnksriaE After clsaha.