| Show Kaffir r Brea Breed 1 Plant in English Garder At the time then Athelstan Athe was on the a n little hoot shoot ap api i cared above the ground In n a South African fore t died an and was as foil followed 0 ed I In turn by a long line of kings bu the little South At Af shoot persisted persisted growing in size Ize and strength u until until tolay having I teen een from Its native toil oil oll It b In the Royal Koyal Botanic gar gardens gardens ar dens Regents nt s pin pinIt pirl Irl It Is a specimen of ot the bread brend plant ind nd bets Its hs name mme from the fact that th the pith young oun shoots con contains starch which ich ch Is ten eaten by the nath es In the form of or bren bread 01 or sago says the I on dOlt Times The usual of ot such trees is 11 20 O feet Ibis te die yie however ho Is only 10 0 feet and 15 1 Inches round Its l trunk trunk I ong lea es curlin cUllin ends sprout from the top of th tare s moot trunk Each Dach year fresh fronds are pro lun- produced the old ODe ones falling failing and lug scars by noting the vearly n orl crop of ot leases lea find in l 1 the seas season on the 11 hung un s sn face the age ot of till tree h II is rs LS be been o estimated c e at a thousand ars e f |
