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Identifier: threeyoungcruso00murr (find matches)
Title: Three young Crusoes, their life and adventures on an island in the West Indies
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Murrill, William A.
Subjects: Natural history--West Indies.
Publisher: New York city,: W. A. Murrill
Contributing Library: University of Florida, George A. Smathers Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Florida, George A. Smathers Libraries with support from LYRASIS and the Sloan Foundation

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tree or shrub with scar-let flowers and large, rounded fruits. The wood hasbeen used for engraving as a substitute for boxwood.The pomegranate is cultivated chiefly for its flow-ers. The fruit has a thick skin, often brilliant red,and amber-like seeds surrounded by pulp. Sand-Box. Grown for shade along roadsides.When working the lumber, carpenters have to putgauze over their faces to prevent the poisonous dustfrom irritating the nose and mouth. The ripe fruitsplits open with a loud report, allowing the looseseeds to escape, hence the popular name, monkeysdinner-bell. Sapodilla. The highly esteemed fruit of thistree is round and two to three inches in diameter,with sweet flesh and milky juice. The wood is hardand strong. A valuable gum, called chicle, muchused for the manufacture of chewing-gum, is madefrom the milky juice of the trunk or the fruit, byevaporating it down. Silk-Cotton Trek. A tree of immense size withbuttressed trunk and wide-spreading branches, I42 Three Young Crusoes
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Fig. 47. Sapodilla fruits and foliage. Trees Found in the Fields H3 which furnishes excellent shade. The wood is softand white and suitable for interiors, but is morecommonly used for dug-out canoes. The spineswhich occur on the bark of young trees fall awaywith age. The fruit-pods contain seeds coveredwith numerous silky fibers, which are used for bedsand pillows. Another name for this tree is ceiba.Sour-Sop. A small tree well known for its large,acid fruits, which have a rough, green skin and ajuicy, white pulp, used for flavoring beverages orice-cream.

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  • bookcontributor:University_of_Florida__George_A__Smathers_Libraries
  • booksponsor:University_of_Florida__George_A__Smathers_Libraries_with_support_from_LYRASIS_and_the_Sloan_Foundation
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