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Show t 1 TREE IS WELL NAMED, Product of Ceylon Deserves Us So- I9K ' j briquet "Umbreila." Tho umbrella trco Is found In Coy- Bm ion In greater profusion than any 5 Where Olso In tho world. As a matlci mm of scientific fact, theso trees grow to Mj, their greatest height and attain to H their grcntcst bIzo In very wot, rainy a countries. This growth Is dub to the BS fact that tho tree requires a great deal erM, of moisture, and not becauso it 1 1 nocded to keep off tho rain. A re- . markably flno specimen of tho .um i ; brclla troo Is shown herewith. Ab a matter of fact, this trco forms so com-ploto com-ploto an umbrella that a number of people might tako shelter under Its j sprendlng branches from tho rain. The i foliage Is, besides, as a rulo, so thick ; that tho nmbrOlla trco flervos to keep n off tho rain Almost perfectly Oven In a heavy shower. Now York Herald. I |