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by making inclsions in the trunk, SO
closely resembles that from the cow
both In appearance and quality, that
1t Is commonly used by the natives
as an article OF food. Unlike many
other vegetable milks. It Is perfectly
wholesome and very nourlshing, pos.
4 scsslng an agreeable taste. like that
of sweet cream, and pleasant bal
| samic odor, says The London Tele-
graph" It's only unpleasant property
Is slight amount of sickness. The
chemical analysis Of this milk has
shown II to possess a composition
closely resembling some animal sub
stances and. like animal milk. II
quickly forms yellow. chcesy scum
upon It's surface. and after few days
exposure to the atmosphere turns
sour.
Ccylon also possesses a cow-tree,
the milk-sap of which. according to
Burmann's Narratives" Is used BY
The CinGnlese exactly In the same way
rs VIC use milk. Another notable pro-
duction of this beautiful island Ia the
cocoanut palm (Cocos nuciferal. one
of the most striking and characters.
tic trees of other tropical shores also.
The fruit II produces, In tho form of
hard, brown. oval nut lined inside
With white flesh, is familiar to every
| body. Ii opened when fresh II Is
found to contain a quantity of milk
like liquid, which Is exceedingly and
| furnishes drink for the monkeys and
other animals that abound IN the vi
cinity. 1t Is also. no doubt, n provi-
sion OF Nature for inducing the seed.
ling plant to shoot forth when the
| fruit drops into a suitable roofing
| bed.
Who has not seen our indigenous
VOLTS milk or spurEc, the white, milky
juice OF which (oftcn called devils
milk, and In Somersctshire the Virgin
Mary's nipple) popular superstition
recommends as an application to do
! stroy warts. The spurge genus. which
gives its name to the order Euphor.
biaceae, comprises large number Of
species distributed throughout the
whole world. All possess to a greater
or less extent milky juice contain.
Ing active medicinal qualities. Other
species are employed by the natives
wherewlth to poison their arrows. and
one species Is found in Brazil the milk
of which. when 1t flows forth from tho
stem in the dark, emits q bright phos-
phoric light.
Caoutchouc is the name given TO the
elastic gummy substance which Is
Ipopularly known as India rubber. hut
(which Is in modern commerce the in
Ispissatcd Juice of various trees and
plants growing in tropical climates,
where the heat seems to exert n dis
tinct influence In its perfect forma.
ton. The tree that originally fur
lnished it Is common one In the for
lests of Para, known botanically as
lHevea Brazilcnsis, aud It Is owing to
la Frenchman that 1t became such an
important article In our manufacture
and commerce. The rubber exists IN
the tree III the form OF a thin white
milk, and Is obtained by making Incl.
sions in the trunk from which 1t OK.
udes: ii Is collected In little earthcn
vessels. and afterward converted into
the black homogeneous elastic mass
FAMILIAR TO us as rubber by being dried
over smoking fire. Tho trees are
tapped during the dry season. the
milky fluid Is then coagulated by the
smoking process and soon becomes
solid. The discovery or the art of
vulcanizing this material and the In
production of gutta percha an extcn.
sive branch In our manufactures.
Other trees possessing this milky
fluid are grown in various parts, and
include Castilloa elastica, which pro-
duces Panama rubber, and Ficus elias.
ttica. largely grown in the East fol-
the purpose. Funtamia elastrica and
Landolphia. woody climber. are
| Wnct frinaf tran
OWL produces the Ceara rubber, and f.
closely related TO the plant which
provides the we'll known commodit;
tapioca. Then we have Guayuii rub
Der, obtained from an herbaceous
plants of the sunflower order, named
lParthenium argentatum. Another
species yields a milky JUICE. in which
the natives dip the points of thci.
fighting appliances. In the forest.
of British Guiana grows n tree which
the natives call 'Haya Haya. It's bari
and pith are so rich In milk that Q
moderate sized stem thrown into q
forest brook colors the water quito
white and milky. The Juice. insteat
OF being acrid and drastic. like thai
of many allied genera. Is bland ant
!; wholesome, and when drawn from til,
stem yields thick, sweet milk, like
: that from the COW. and is largely uset
as a refreshing drink. The bread
fruit tree Is an important food staple
} of the tropical islands in the Pacifi,
Ocean. Besides the fruit. which !!
cooked and eaten, the milk sap il
turned to account in the form OF ;
viscous latex.
On tree of giant girth. but seldom
more than fifteen feet high. rests III,
outrageous crown branches of Tn,
banyan or holy fir of India. an colIc,