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The Original Home and Mode of Dispersal of the Coconut

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ALMOST simultaneously with the publication of my article under this title in NATURE of July 27, Dr. John K. Small, head curator of the Museums, New York Botanical Garden, published an article on “The Early History of the Coconut Palm” in the Journal of the New York Botanical Garden for July (vol. 30, p. 153), which reached Kew on Aug. 9.

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HILL, A. The Original Home and Mode of Dispersal of the Coconut. Nature 124, 507–508 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124507b0

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