| Show CURIOUS PLANT GROWTHS tre which isper andio oil ami nd olber other L 11 fal thing the value of the plant world not only in furnishing the pulpy material of which paper it is manufactured but also la in supplying the paper itself outright may not be fully appreciated by those who have not investigated the subject it Is s well known that the papyrus in early day days was wits the main source from which anything like our modern paper was derived this was a reed that grew by the brook brooks with a item stem 6 to 10 feet in height and about an inch in diameter these were peeled and the pith wai was cut into thin slices which were then laid ilde side by side with the edg edga s touching touch lne one another after being sprinkled with water paler a heavy pressure was applied and they were thus united into one piece it may not a BO so generally known that there nov no grow grows i ada asia a tree the bark of isae into sheets about a yard square and theo these are used tor for all the ordin ordinary ry pt r posa pos a ot of paper being very tough aad durable the soft and durable chinese rice paper la Is not the product of adv part of the rice plant but Is the pith ot of a tree which by the aid of a lathe laths and a sharp instrument is 13 cut into very thin ind delicate rolls the lighting materials fur furnished nishel by tree trees Is something worth noting among which may be mentioned the japanese wax tree which bears bunches of fruit growing like grapes and containing a a species X cles of wax used in making candles another tree Is found in the pacific islands known as the candle nut aut chich yields a large quantity of oil ci the kernels being strung together on a stick tick 2 and lighted as a candle ne ve may also menti in the candle tree the fruit of which Is three or four feet in length and about an inch in diameter ID cad ad of a yellowish color hanging frog from we tree so as an to present the appearance of wax candles candies and in such abundance as to giro give the liea wea of a chand chandlers leen shop A stealer slen ler erect shrub grows grown in india to chih abi h the name of the telegraph plant a I 1 I 1 a given because of a re ct I 1 it railway telegraph signals in the motion of its trifoliate leaves ne two side ones rising and fallan fallone alternately for a time and then starting again into motion |
