Show NIP THE COCO dr DE MR men abla aru flait ira tit nl tait neen reared in a Jo tancil tiie the palm known as the coco do de mer or cocoanut coco nut anut aul and by the late into to be tile tree AN lich i grew lit in the garden of eden find anil aioo e the fruit of the knowle of f good aid L vil 1113 at last after ciany unsuccessful efforts ciT oits been in the iio ha gardens ct at kew I 1 lifland Ina ni fland iJ a fie C e spi aln en of tile icea i as it Is botanically formed brins being on oil view la in aba victorio victoria boope thia stallo limi haa its home in ili to the ni latida I 1 lo 10 0 the dorthea A of madagascar a locality soai ewh lt remote front from t lie ha gatier illy idly accepted etc to of the gard U of E is extremely lG cull cult to loar icv Z X r t DOU 1311 A As ax will bs seen scan from alic coco da race has a very different method ot of growth from that adopted bythe by the general run of vegetation tho the hugo double fruits 11 inches or so in length require a good deal of coaxing to induce them thein to send out a shoot this shoo too il ii very capricious and must bo be carefully tempted to attach itself to the soil v hichi it does at some distance often as nicch as aa tv two 0 o or three feet tho the then sprouts routs up lidean like an ordinary will well behaved plant and the leaves leares commence to develop tho the whole process 13 i a shown in the iho sketch where thu the fruit la Is seen placed in fit the small pan of damp moss and sending pending foitle i dhoot to another pot the largo large fibrous fruits w which look like two cocoanuts cocoa nuts joined together are frequently found floating floa tinz in it tile the sea nud and this has bas given I 1 liso iso to many traditions as is their origin w was tor for a long laos time unan unknown to naturalists natura lists anionic others the sailors of the thol malay falay peninsula aver that the fruit grows on it tree ires deep down iu in clio unfathomable depths of tile the ocean |