Show Toc luilla palm Is used for white panama hats panama hats which have earned a deserved celebrity under the name are rarely manufactured in panama but are made in the neighboring states ot of south america they originated during the gold rush to california in 1849 pr selectors si actors ors purchased these straw hats in panama and naturally cal ed them panama hats hats made fram to quilla straw are made in co lambla lombia peru and in central america and all of them are indiscriminately Indiscriminate lv known as panama few male tourists leave the canal zone without one or more ot of these hats shops make a specialty of ca bering to the visitor the panama hat Is made from the leaf of the to quilla palm the tree Is cultivated for commercial pur poses in ecuador colombia and north ern peru it becomes full grown at eighteen months and lives for forty years or more the straws are made from the new leaves which are cut off just as they are about to unfold and are split with needles on the fin bernall |