"Indeed I do," said Lola.
"This," said the doctor, pointing to a tall palm beside the pathway, "is a Bahia palm. It is from trees of this kind that your brooms and brushes at home are made."
Next they saw the great candelabra tree.
"It looks," said Maria, "as if it were already to be lighted for church, doesn't it?"
"See the beautiful grove of orange trees," said the Senhor.
"Oh yes," said Affonzo. "And the trees have both fruit and blossoms on them."
"That is not at all uncommon with many of our tropical fruit trees," said Doctor Barbosa.
"Many of the trees here," he continued, "are useful for other purposes than fruit-bearing. There is the cow tree over yonder. Its sap looks like milk, and when exposed to the air is soon changed to glue, and from this a useful cement is made."
As the party approached a little lake in the centre of the gardens, they saw a small eight-sided pavilion. On its top was a bust.
"Whose statue is that?" asked Affonzo.