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Show BuT0N3 OF IVORV MILK. V ' Now PuA' Thl Crows Them Ha Brt Found In California. In fi'iitiV A riia there is a fruit- prndiii'liie. 1 Y"1 wlileh has qnito meta-inotpi'osed meta-inotpi'osed iV" button business and i tonne, I the niiV""" for one of the most .' , " Iniportnnt liidiX'fie" ' the United I' Stales V .'. Tl I of tl' trull contains a W ' milk thnt Is KnV" the taste nnd I 5 ' reilshed l.y native, The milk, when allowed to reniam V" 'he nut lunar ' ; enoiieh. Iieeonies luiliV'ied, and turns ' , Into a mlisinnro as ltlii and hard 11s the Ivory from the el. Vi'mrs tuska. . t" , The plant which proiliie 'liese nuts , ' Is railed the Ivory plant. .h(t of th I buttons used In America, hether f , i culled ivory, pearl, bone, born ot rub- .j" , ,. 5, ber. come troiu tills Ivory ilaiit. Tlie lury tdiittt Is one of tho wna- , , ders of the hl; and Is rewarding Its Krowers with vast fortunes. The nutf i ' are broui.ht lo the t'nlted Stntes by the shlplond and hauled across th V. continent lo the bin liutloti factories, from which they Issue forth In every k coiieelvnble design, color, Krado and f clnsslllentlon of button. p The lory phmt has been recently discovered In t 'ullfornla, hut the nut It produces In lis wild stain Is of Inferior In-ferior ipinllly. and will not mnko Rood buttons. Hut It Is helieved that with 1 proper cultivation the fruit will bo as i vaiunlile as that of Central America. 1 If so. tho :rowiim of buttons In America would become an Industry ot 1 liniK'rlnnce serond only to tlio prow-hit? prow-hit? of corn, wheat and cotton, for everyone ev-eryone wears billions. New York Herald. |