Word: cocoanut
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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There is yet some uncertainty as to where the practice will be held this year, but probably Holmes Field will be selected. The eleven practiced there the spring of '94. As there is no regular cricket pitch on the field, a cocoanut matting has to be stretched over the ground after it has been well rolled. Beacon Park, where the eleven practiced last year through the kindness of the Zingari eleven, has been bought up by a railroad...
...just presented to the Botanical Museum an interesting specimen of the flowering cluster of cocoanut, collected by him this summer in Jamaica. On the cluster which is still tightly packed inits firm sheath, there are many unopened buds, a few blossoms widely open, and some young fruits no larger than horse-chestnuts...
Professor Goodale recounted his journey through India, Ceylon, Australia, New Zealand and Japan, giving views of the palms and all plant life. A grove of cocoanut palms is always a sign of a negro village in Ceylon. The growth and culture of tea is the principal occupation of the inhabitants of this island. Besides the cocoanut, cabbage and pinnate palms, the forests contain a curious growth called rain trees which drip with moisture. Vines called runners or climbers, covered with blossoms cling about the palms to a height of fifty feet. Next to the palm, the bamboo is the most...