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Show A TJBErTJX BBAZIUAJf PLAMT. Tb French legates st Bio Janeiro has solicited from ths mini star sf agriculture agri-culture ths gift of seed of th slant eeientiieally kowu as tbs hedyckium oaroaarium, seeds to be seat to ths Colonial Co-lonial garden of Francs, wher sa st-tempt st-tempt will b saad t cultivate thnv This plsnt belongs to tb ginger family tha siagibaraeea. -It is knows generally gener-ally ia Brazil aa th "lyrio do breie" (marsh lily); at Permsmbaeo ss "ths butterfly'') st Bio ds Janeiro as "Is-grims "Is-grims d aoea" (th maiden's tsar), er "th Olympia"; is th couth of th tat of 8o Paulo as "ths Nspolsos." Th Sower of this plaat is large aad whit. It emit a delieioue, penetrating edor, lilt that of th jasmine, aad w slrsady used ia th ausofseturs of per-fnmerv. per-fnmerv. Lik other mem bora of th same faaily.it hat large seeds which far. aieh a in aad aatritioo starch; it fur-nieba fur-nieba aleeael af aaporior ooality. Th eonomi value of the plaat haa beea ia it fiber, which may be ased to sd-vantag sd-vantag ia rope making, but its chief valua ia asdaahtodly ia ta asaasfae-tars asaasfae-tars of paper, aa rt .eeataiaa about 40 per rest at cellule. At Morrate. ia th stats sf Paraaa. tbs plsst, which has been considered a peat in that re-gioa, re-gioa, will eoaa be need by a larg fac-torr fac-torr is th manufacture af paper. Lttolie da Sad. Bio Jsaoira. |