The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 29National Geographic Society, 1916 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 66
... flower and from flower to hive with their tiny loads of honey - making materials that the bees must have taken to bring us these fifty - four million pounds of honey defies estimate , but they afford us an inspiring lesson of what the ...
... flower and from flower to hive with their tiny loads of honey - making materials that the bees must have taken to bring us these fifty - four million pounds of honey defies estimate , but they afford us an inspiring lesson of what the ...
Page 71
... flowers are white and have an odor strongly resembling jasmine . The green coffee berry of commerce is nothing more nor less than the seeds of the coffee " cherry . " These " cherries " 74 small , each farmer producing enough for the ...
... flowers are white and have an odor strongly resembling jasmine . The green coffee berry of commerce is nothing more nor less than the seeds of the coffee " cherry . " These " cherries " 74 small , each farmer producing enough for the ...
Page 80
... flowers of which we know , but it also produces one of the most used of all the flavoring agents that figure in the art of cooking . Vanilla is made from the fruit of a climbing orchid , a native of tropical America , but now grown in ...
... flowers of which we know , but it also produces one of the most used of all the flavoring agents that figure in the art of cooking . Vanilla is made from the fruit of a climbing orchid , a native of tropical America , but now grown in ...
Page 81
... bark is split longitudi- nally and removed . It is then piled in heaps and allowed to ferment . The bark shrinks on drying , and is then put into bundles ready for exportation . Photograph by A. W. Cutler Cloves are the unopened flower. SI.
... bark is split longitudi- nally and removed . It is then piled in heaps and allowed to ferment . The bark shrinks on drying , and is then put into bundles ready for exportation . Photograph by A. W. Cutler Cloves are the unopened flower. SI.
Page 83
... flower buds of a beautiful evergreen tree which grows mainly in the Spice Islands . After pick- ing , the buds are thrown on grass mats on the ground and allowed to dry in the sun , care being taken to shelter them from the dew at night ...
... flower buds of a beautiful evergreen tree which grows mainly in the Spice Islands . After pick- ing , the buds are thrown on grass mats on the ground and allowed to dry in the sun , care being taken to shelter them from the dew at night ...
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