Show VALUABLE SOAP BERRY TREE brodu product ct of ecuador has remarkable qualities besides its worth as a cleanser of the skin the jabon cello or soap berry tree sapo narla grows in the humid parts ot of western ecuador or it attains a height ot of about fifty teet feet and has wide spreading branches and immense quantities ot of fruit of 0 the size and shape of 0 cherries the nearly transparent yellowish skin and pulp surrounding the round black seeds are so saponaceous as to be used instead ot of soap by many people ot of ecuador being equivalent to more than fifty times their weight ot of that material the hard polished seeds have been used extensively in spain and england for waistcoat buttons for they are very durable and seldom break they are used also as beads although considerable quantities ot of the berry are utilized locally tons of 0 them rot on the ground every year there being as yet little foreign demand tor for them since they contain a u large percentage ot of they should be ot of value in the manufacture of soap |