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of the tamarind tree, which grows to so greai perfection up-country. 

 Some liiiv specimens of the beautiful jack t ree [ . I rto.earpus integrifolia), 

 and of the bread-fruit-tree, A. iiieisq, which perhaps has no rival in 



uity of foliage, are occasionally nut with, as also pf the wild 

 Mango fceen (Gardima xmithoohymm) distinguished by iis extreaiejby 

 handsome pyramidal growth, and the Putranjiva Rozburgfiii, to which 

 the drooping brandies covered with handsome foliage and white nuts 

 lend a peculiar charm. Among oilier common trees the country- 

 almond, Term i:ini in C'i(/<f/)j)c, with its regularly whorled branches and 

 large handsome leaves, the silk cotton-tree with its prickly stem and 

 branches and dark crimson flowers, the Undi, Caiophyllum inpphyl- 

 lum, with its g foliage and handsome sweet-scented white 



flowers ar common to be noticed, while the beautiful 



s< \irlet -flowered Omdia sebestana is perhaps the most appreciated tree 

 of all in Bombay, and ihe Malayan mserapple (Mugejiia mokiccang), 

 when its branches are loaded with bright purple flowers, is well cal- 

 culated to attract attention. Of trees of more recent introduction I 

 shi 11 hut mention a few which promise to become favourite inhabit- 

 ant-- of our gardens. The rain tree (Pitltocolobium saffian) with its 

 handsome glossy foliage and pink flower-clusters, vying in beauty 

 with the indigenous " Lulei" (Albt&zia stijm.lata), a. tree jthat ought 



nor or later to And a place in our gardens, the Pelfophontm ferrugi-. 

 nmm of perfect shape, with dense handsome foliage, and beautiful 

 yellow flowers, succeeded by shining brown pods; Solatium 

 mil: e, the potato-tree, wiih large prickly leaves, and handsome 



large, dark violet flowers changing to pale lilac ; the Australian Oak 

 {.Gtemllea robust®), with silvery grey finely cut leaves; the Star-apjde 

 [Cfwysophyllum cainito) of graceful drooping habit, with dark green 

 haves, which are golden brown beneath ; and the Australian Bottle - 

 brush flower, CullidciHon speciosus. The only representative of the 

 order of ConiferaB, which to such a great extern assist in the adorn- 

 ment of our gardens at home, are two or three kinds of Arauearia, 

 A. CiniiiiiKjJiKiiti, A. Coohil, A. Bidicillii, and a few kinds of Thuya 

 and Oupressus, butn either of them succeed well enough to deserve 

 genera] cultivation. The allied ( 'asuarinas are, however, common in 

 Bombay, and are often trimmed into quaint pyramids and other 

 ungainly shapes, The palms form a picuous. feature in Bombay 



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