Kane County Standard | 1945-05-25 | Page 2 | Australia's Bottle Tree Provides Food and Drink

australians alias bottle tree provides food and drink nature must have been in a playful mood when she designed the me odd vase shaped bottle tree which grows in the tro tropical pichl regions of australia one would never guess from the trees rugged appearance that the inner part of the swollen stem is actually a nutritious food for both ma man n and beast bast the stem is also a reservoir for cool sweet water many a thirsty yank soldier on duty in australia has tapped this tree for its refreshing liquid largest specimens are 60 to 60 feet high and the trunk is six or seven feet thick