Show Australia's Bottle Boule Tree Tr e Provides Food and Drink Nature must have been in a playful mood when she designed the odd vase-shaped vase bottle tree which grows in the tropical re re- regions regions re- re regions gions of Australia One would never guess from the trees tree's rug Pug rugged rugged ged appearance that the inner part of the swollen stem is actually actual actual- ly a nutritious food for both man and beast The stem is also a reservoir for cool tool sweet water Many a thirsty Yank soldier on duty in Australia has tapped this tree for its refreshing ing liquid Larg Larg- Largest Largest Largest est specimens are are 50 to 60 feet high and the trunk is six or seven feet thick |