flowers themselves that give it its showy appearance, but, as 

 in the Poinsettias and some other plants, the leaves or bracts 

 below the flowers. On either side of the gateway is a 

 specimen of one of the handsomest of palms, Scheelea excelsa, 

 closely allied to, and difficult to distinguish from, the Attaleas, 

 in which genus it was formerly included. 



Immediately behind the stone boundary wall on the left 

 is a row of Acanthophoenix rubra, a handsome palm from 

 Mauritius and Bourbon, and running parallel with it are a 

 number of trees of Eucalyptus patentinervis, the Bastard 

 Mahogany of Australia, a species recommended for park and 

 street cultivation, on account of its leaves exhaling a pleasant 

 odour. Near by is a fine group of Palms made up of twelve 

 species. 



Just inside the gate, and flanking the turfed road on 

 either side, will be found : Berry a Ammonilla, a native of 

 Ceylon, the Philippines, and Tropical Australia, noted for its 

 timber, known as Trincomalee wood, and for the showy 

 display made during the flowering and seeding period ; 

 Phoenix rupicola, an ornamental palm of the Himalayas 

 region ; and the gigantic fan-leaved Talipot Palm of Ceylon, 

 Corypha umbraculifera. 



Proceeding up the turfed road, the visitor passes between 

 the rows of Cabbage palms, Oreodoxa oleracea, a native to the 

 West Indies, and largely grown for ornamental purposes in the 

 shape of avenues. Behind the Cabbage palms, on the left 

 hand side, are several trees of the whitewood of Antigua, 

 Terminalia Buceras, a very rapid growing tree furnishing a 

 strong useful wood for general building purposes ; also 

 specimens of the Purging Cassia, Cassia Fistula, which bears 

 clusters of handsome yellow flowers, and pods containing a 

 sweet pulp which is used in the preparation of " confection of 

 senna." The pods are exported on a small scale from 

 Dominica. When young the pods are green, but woody and 

 almost black when ripe. Apart from its economic value this 

 tree is largely grown for ornamental purpose-. 



Along the boundary of the strip of lawn to the right wili 

 be found, in the following order: the " Yoruba Indigo 

 Lonchocarpus cyanescens ; a fine specimen of Swietenia 



