The Cuba review (1914) (14762472154)

Identifier: cubarevie13muns (find matches)
Title: The Cuba review
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Munson Steamship Line
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Publisher: New York : Munson Steamship Line
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
Digitizing Sponsor: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden



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The loyal ptiliii kiows with <nr\\ reniarkalilc IfKukuily thai it i.s oiuI r-ees for avenue plantiiiK- )f the prituipal It is safe to say that the royal palm is not only the most common palm in the West Indies,but it is at the same time the most useful. The woody portion of the tree is only from twoto three inches in depth; it is of a dark color, and extremely hard and dense. Withm this is arather white pith with numerous small longitudinal strands of fibrous woody tissues. Thecolor of the bark resembles that of ash and is more or less conspicuously marked by the circularscars of fallen leaves. The appearance of the bark continues the same to within 20 or 30 feetfr m the ioyi of the tree, where it changes to a beautiful deep sea green, which color prevails tothe top. R H E CUBA REVIEW 11
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A royal palm tree shedding one of its? l<?af bases or ya.:j:uas. Althouo:h this palm is generally considered quite useless as timber, the thin outside layerof hard wood is used more or less extensively for making ram rods, unbrella handles, walkingsticks and for other special purposes; it is also used for posts, fences, columns, boards, coffeemortars, gutters and house walls. In the country districts of Cuba the wood is utilized for agreat variety of purposes, and is highly esteemed on account of its hardness, weight and dur-ability. im^Whilc the uses of the timVjer of this palm are niunerous they appear quite inconspicuouswhen compared with those of the leaves. The ai)i)lications are so numerous among the peopleof Cuba as to entitle this palm to be called the national plant of Cuba. The number of usesto which the leaves are put may be said to be infinite. The most important part is the yaguaor sheathing base of the leaf, which furnishes the simple Cuban many of his necessities. Th