...walking- sticks, the reels of spindles, and little toys, which are whiter than animal ivory, and equally hard, if they are not put under water, and if they are, they become white and hard when dried again. Bears, hogs, and turkeys, devour the young fruit with avidity. — (Seemann, in Botanical...

...the young fruits becomes acid if they are cut from the tree and kept for some time. From the kernel the Indians fashion the knobs of walking-sticks, the...dried. Bears devour the young^ fruit with avidity.' According to the Gardeners' Chronicle, from which we derive the substance of our information, the part...

...toys, which are whiter than ivory, and as hard, if they are not put under water ; and if they arc, they become white and hard again when dried. Bears...which we are unacquainted, to the order of Screw Pines (Pandanacese), an error which is preserved by all botanists up to the present day. Two species are...

...Indians fashion the knobs of walking-sticks, the reels of spindles, and little toys, which arc winter than ivory, and as hard, if they are not put under water ; and if they are, they become white and liard again when dried. Dears devour the young fruit with avidity.' According to the Gardeners' Chronicle,...

...travellers allay their thirst ; afterwards this same liquor becomes milky and sweet, and it changes its taste by degrees, as it acquires solidity, till at...water ; and if they are, they become white and hard «gain when dried. Bearsdevour the youngfruit withavidity." The tree which furnishes these nuts is...

...and little toys, which are whiter than ivory, and as hard, if they are not put under water ; and it they are, they become white and hard again when dried....which we are unacquainted, to the order of Screw Pines (Pandanaceae), an error which is preserved by all botanists up to the present day. Two species are...

...contained in the young fruits becomes acid, if they are cut from the tree and kept some time. From these kernels the Indians fashion the knobs of walkingsticks,...dried. Bears devour the young fruit with avidity. The part of the kernel which is thus similar to ivory is of the same nature, though not of the same consistence,...

...of walking-sticks, the reels of spindles and little toys, which are whiter than Ivory, and equally hard, if they are not put under water, and if they are, they become white and hard when dried again. Bears devour the young fruit with avidity." This species, P. macrocarpa, is characterized...

...of walking-sticks, the reels of spindles and little toys, whicli are whiter than ivory, and equally hard, if they are not put under water; and if they are, they become white and hard when dried again. Bears devour the young fruit with avidity." This species, P. macrocarpa, is characterized...

...travellers allay their thirst ; afterwards this same liquor becomes milky and sweet, and it changes its taste by degrees as it acquires solidity, till at...dried. Bears devour the young fruit with avidity." The toys prepared from it by the turner are well known in the London shops, and are much admired for their...