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Show II Vj I hrlr Untu urp4t UIrU j ) ;, 1 Tho banana belongi to tho Illy family, f ij ! and U a developed tropical Illy, from I J which by agca of cultivation tho kxIi l1 (V 1 liaro Utn olimlnated, and tlio fruit for f hrt t which It wu cultivated greatly oijuind j rv j mL In relation to tlmbvarlngqualltlci I i I ' cf Oil frott lluruboUt, whoenrly law J) ' j tho wondra of tho iUnt, said that tho f wy f Kronnd that would grow ninety nlnt i jwiuda of potatoes would aIhi grow I L ( thirty threofiuundi of wheat, but that kjAW tho aamo ground would (trow 4,000 f Jw ' jKjuniUof bananai, cunsoiiiuntly totliat W I I of wheat U1J3 to land to that cf poU f f J toea4ttol. I V u Tho banana pouewtt all of thoetwn-j thoetwn-j ,JP !t tlals to tho suitenauco of life. Tliouvago 11 M Jl of the sea UIis and tbo Jungle owra what j Vj J ho has of physlcfd strength to this food. jl I JK t Wheat alone, potatoes alone, will iiot C rE I do Ibis. When taken as a steady diet It I if;! lH 1j cooked bakod dry la tho gTevii state, K 151 fa poli-d and boiled In water m soup, or R tjf 18 cut In slices and fried. I do not know j ri8 j whoho beauty I a linlro tho most, tho 111a-i 111a-i fIJ !J Jtto cocoa palm, with Its heavy crown f, 117 if of great fringed loavro,or tho graceful bbLH fl'l Ji?J tf buuann, with Its groat loaves, which aro iibLH ill'u, u fMt lon3 ftn 1 two fcft wi4 "old LLiiB Bulfil ' i thwaltv's Qoographlcttl ilsgaiino. |