Logan Republican | 1903-04-07 | Page 6 | A "Divine" Tree

A "Divine" Tree. Tbo "divine" trees of India aro commonly com-monly freaks of nature, for Instance, two troes of different species united by a kind of natural grafting. There Is a very good example at Colombo, In the Island of Ceylon, whcro a slender slen-der and graceful borassus palm can bo scon growing out of the heart of tbo banyan, or Indian fig tree. The trunks of these alien trees are so strongly Joined that only violence can soparato them, and It will not escape es-cape the attention of tho reader that tho aspiring palm Is protected against tho fury of tho wind by tho sturdy branches of tho surrounding fig treo.