Show BUTTONS OF IVORY MILK now plant that grows them has been found pound in california in central Ce america there Is a fruit producing palm which has quite ineta meta sed the button business and formed the nucleus for one of the most important industries in the united states the seed of this fruit contains a milk that Is sweet to the taste and Is by natives the milk when allowed to remain in the nut long enough becomes Indu rated and turns into a substance as brittle and arid bard hard as the ivory from the elephant elephants s tusks the plant which produces these nuts Is called the ivory plant most of the buttons used in america whether called ivory pearl bone horn or rubber come from this ivory plant the bior IT or plant Is one of the wonders of the age and Is rewarding its growers with nith last vast fortu fortunes neg the nuts are brought to the united states by the shipload and hauled across the continent to the big button factories from which they issue forth in every conceivable design color grade and classification of button the ivor ivory plant has been recently discovered in california but the nut it produces in its wild state Is of in ferfer quality and will not make good buttong but it Is believed that with proper cultivation the fruit will be as valuable as that of central america it if so the growing of buttons to la america would become an industry of importance second only to the grow ing of corn wheat and cotton tor for everyone wears buttons new lork herald |