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Further on is a bed of Dracaena Sanderiana ; a fine 

 specimen of Dalbergia lanceolaria ; and at the corner of the 

 plot of land which juts into the Garden is Terminalia Catappa, 

 an East Indian plant now naturalised in the West Indies. 

 This tree is valued for its timber ; and the seeds, though 

 destitute of flavour, are eaten as almonds. Climbing over 

 this tree is a fine specimen of Bougainvillaea spectabilis. 



On the small lawn to the right, behind the trees just 

 mentioned, is a collection of trees and shrubs, and a small 

 rockery containing a few species of Agave, Aloe, Furcraea, 

 Sansevieria, Opuntia, Cereus, and other succulent plants. 

 The interesting trees and shrubs on ihe lawn here are: 

 Napoleona Mievsii, which produces striking flowers ; 

 Hardwickia pinnata, and Dalbergia Sisso, two large handsome 

 timber trees of India. The hard wood of the latter is used 

 for boat building, gun-carriages, wheelwrights work, etc. 

 The former yields a resin. Also note Ajzelia madagascariensis, 

 a particularly beautiful tree when making new growth, the 

 young leaves being of a bright crimson colour ; Copaifera 

 officinalis, native of Tropical America, the source of " Balsam 

 of Copaiba," an aloe-resin obtained from this and other 

 species of Copaifera by making incisicns in the trunks ; 

 Limonia acidissima, a spiny shrub native of the East Indies ; 

 and the Ordeal Xut, Cerbera Tanghin, of Madagascar, so 

 called on account of its poisonous fruits being at one time 

 employed to deride cases of suspected crime. 



Other plants growing here are : Allamanda violacea ; 



Gmelina Hystvix ; Clerodendron Eastainm ; Bougainvillaea 



fatuosa ; and Russeha juncea, a showy dwarf plant of Mexico. 



Along the wall a row of palms, Chrysalidocarpus hitescens 



screens off this part of the Garden from the Public road. 



Return now to the carriage drive near the group of 

 Pandanus utilis, already mentioned, wher : will be found on 

 the left-hand side, a small tree of Bois Tan, Byrsomma spicata, 

 a native of D minica. The wood of this tree is tough, and 

 light, and is made into beams, afters, posts, oars, etc. ; the 

 bark is us d for tanning. Apart from its alue as a source of 

 timber and t nnin, this tree, during the fk we ing and fruiting 

 season, makes a showy display, and merits a place amomst 

 other trees of a decorative kind. 



