This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1832 Excerpt: ... East Indies, from the vast size it attains, and the singularity of its growth. The fruit does not exceed that of a hazel in bigness, but the branches send down shoots which take root, and increase to large trunks, till in course of time a single tree extends itself to a considerable grove.-A banian tree, with many ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1832 Excerpt: ... East Indies, from the vast size it attains, and the singularity of its growth. The fruit does not exceed that of a hazel in bigness, but the branches send down shoots which take root, and increase to large trunks, till in course of time a single tree extends itself to a considerable grove.-A banian tree, with many trunks, forms the most beautiful walks, vistas, and cool recesses that can be imagined. The leaves are large, soft, and of a lively green. The fruit is a small fig, when ripe of a bright scarlet, affording sustenance to monkeys, squirrels, peacocks, and birds of various kinds, which dwell among the branches. The Hindoos are particularly fond of this tree. They consider its long duration, its out-stretching arms, and overshadowing beneficence, as emblems of the Deity, and almost pay it divine honours. Their Brahmins, or priests, spend much of their time in religious solitude under the shade of the banian tree. They plant it near their temples, and in those villages where there is no structure for public worship, they place an image under one of these trees, and there perform a morning and evening sacrifice. On the banks of Nabadda, there is a banian tree of immense extent. High floods have at various times swept away a considerable part of it; but what still remains is nearly two thbusand feet in circumference, measured round the principal stems. The overhanging branches, not yet struck down, cover a much larger space. The large trunks of this single tree are three hundred and fifty in number, and the smaller ones exceed two thousand. Each of these is constantly sending forth new branches and hanging roots. 8 THE BOX-EVERGREEN SHRUB. This is a northern plant, and preserves its verdure during the most severe winters. It is not now the fashion, but ...
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