MUSICAL TREES

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 901, 19 February 1930, Page 14

MUSICAL TREES

One of the curiosities of the VeIndies is the musical tree. This specie which is a member of the great Wfamily, bears large pods which, they ripen, split at the edges. ® wind passing through the open-? creates the sound which gives tree its name. In Barbados there is a large r *®* ! filled with the musical trees, and the trade-winds blow* across thei* B *" a constant moaning, deep-toned is heard, which in the still hours of night has a most weird effect fact, the more superstitious ol natives avoid the valley altogette holding that it is haunted by ? spirits. ySL; A species of acacia, growing Sudan, is also known as the Dias L tree. The shoots of this tree attacked by the larvae of a These become much <^^storte t’t„ ( y€: finally swell into a globular bu from one to two inches in diana - After the insect has emerged >■ a little round hole in the sidej swelling, the opening is -*5 by the wind. Each bladder a musical instrument, which tne winds play upon much after ner of a flute. Where these ® acacias are abundant, the air »*• t with a pleasant note, which $ intensity according to the cnara» the strength of the wind.