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<v Speaker 1>Section eighteen, Birds and All Nature, Volume seven, two February

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen hundred red for Librevox dot Org by Larry Wilson.

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<v Speaker 1>Vegetation in the Philippines. Much attention has of late been

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<v Speaker 1>devoted to the Philippines, and as one result, considerable interests

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<v Speaker 1>has been evinced in their natural products. In the matter

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<v Speaker 1>of vegetation, they are highly favored. Fruits grow in great abundance,

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<v Speaker 1>and the reputation of some of them is already established abroad,

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<v Speaker 1>as is the case, for example, with the mango. Other

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<v Speaker 1>fruits grown in the Islands are the eight the cinnamon

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<v Speaker 1>apple of the French colonists, the mangoestine, the pine apple,

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<v Speaker 1>the tamarind, the orange, the lemon, the jack and the jujub,

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<v Speaker 1>the lechi, regarded by the Chinese as the king of fruits,

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<v Speaker 1>the plum, the chickamami, the sopodea of the West Indies,

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<v Speaker 1>the bread fruit, and the papa. The last named is

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<v Speaker 1>eaten like a melon and is valued as a digestive.

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<v Speaker 1>Its juice furnishes an extract which is used as a

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<v Speaker 1>medicament under the name of pappang or vegetable Pepsin the

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<v Speaker 1>banana grows abundantly and is a great boon to the

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<v Speaker 1>poor people, supplying them with a cheap, delicious, and exceedingly

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<v Speaker 1>nutritive food. There are many varieties, ten of which are

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<v Speaker 1>in particular highly esteemed. Plants which are cultivated for industrial

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<v Speaker 1>purposes include the sugar cane, of which four varieties are grown,

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<v Speaker 1>yellow cane, oothahit cane, purple are batavia cane, and striped cane.

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<v Speaker 1>Of vegetables, there are several pulses used as food by

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<v Speaker 1>the natives which never appear on the tables of the

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<v Speaker 1>European settlers. These include the mango mentioned above, and three

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<v Speaker 1>or four kinds of bees, such as the bingae, the zabacee,

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<v Speaker 1>the abrabene, and the potami. Being these suit the neetties

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<v Speaker 1>much better than the garbanzos or chickpeas that are so

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<v Speaker 1>highly prized by the Spaniards. Among the tuberus roots valued

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<v Speaker 1>as food, the sweet potato ranks first, with an annual

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<v Speaker 1>production of ninety eight million pounds. The common or white potato,

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<v Speaker 1>although of inferior quality, stands next in importance. Then follows

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<v Speaker 1>the kemiltengatchoi or manihot cassava, the root of which is

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<v Speaker 1>made edible by the removal of its poisonous juice in

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<v Speaker 1>the same way as in the West Indies. After expression

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<v Speaker 1>of the juice, the pulp forms a sort of coarse

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<v Speaker 1>grained flour that is very nutritious, pleasant to the taste,

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<v Speaker 1>and easy to digest. Besides these tubers, other plants such

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<v Speaker 1>as ubi, the tougui and the gabi are cultivated in

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<v Speaker 1>the fields for the sake of their edible roots. Other

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<v Speaker 1>edible vegetables include calabashes, melons, watermelons, cucumbers, carrots, celery, partially tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, capers, cabbages, lettuce,

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<v Speaker 1>in dives, mustard, leaks, onions, asparagus, and peas. Of the

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<v Speaker 1>cocoa palm, the ordinary cocoanut tree is the most important,

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<v Speaker 1>the oil of which is put to many and varied juices.

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<v Speaker 1>The bamboo is much valued, the young and tender shoots

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<v Speaker 1>making a very acceptable article of food in the form

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<v Speaker 1>of salads or other dishes, and the fibers used for

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<v Speaker 1>numerous purposes. Tobacco as a cultivated crop is generally grown

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<v Speaker 1>in the same field as maize. Of spices, the Philippines

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<v Speaker 1>grow cinnamon, nutmegs, pepper, ginger, and majoram of medicinal plants,

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<v Speaker 1>the most familiar are the papa already mentioned and epicaurona.

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<v Speaker 1>Among aromatic and ornamental plants may be mentioned Magnolias, Camellias clematis,

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<v Speaker 1>several kinds of roses, dolls, elong elong papua jasmine, and

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<v Speaker 1>many species of orchids and ferns. These, however, grow wild

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<v Speaker 1>in such profusion that little cares bestowed upon their cultivation

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<v Speaker 1>Gardner's Magazine, end of section eighteen. This recording is in

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<v Speaker 1>the public domain.