Show VALUE OF THE BANANA AS liu ilu HUMAN stav foon FOOD it is doubted by baron humboldt whether there is any other plant on the globe which in so small a space of ground can produce so great a mass of nutriment ei eight 1 lit or nine months afier afler the sucker has been inserted in the earth the tile banana begins to form its clusters and the fruit may be gathered in less than a year A spot of 1076 square feet may contain at least from 30 to 40 plants which in the space of a year at a very moderate calculation cu lation will yield more than ibs iba avoirdupois of nutritive substance the produce of the banana is to that of wheat as to 1 and to that of potatoes as 44 to 1 As the sweetest rose grows upon the sharpest prickle eo so the hardest labors bring forth the sweetest profits I 1 what is system asked a young lady of a man min of letters it III is replied the scholar aa a faggot of ideas well arranged and neatly bound together |