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and of a peculiar flavour ; and the Jack Fruit, Artocarpu 

 integrifolia, a tree cultivated in Southern India for the sake of 

 its large fruit and numerous seeds. The timber of the Jack 

 is largely used in India for making furniture. Note also the 

 Guava Berry, Eugenia lineata, native of the Virgin Islands, 

 whose small fruits are used in the preparation of liqueur : and 

 the well-known Golden Apple, Spondias borbonica. Inter- 

 planted with the above are plants of the Manila Hemp, Musa 

 textilis, distinguished from the common plantain or banana by 

 its rather narrower leaves and its hard, woody, and non edible 

 fruit. It yields the best of all the white cordage fibres. 

 For its successful cultivation it requires a rich soil, and an 

 abundant r infall well distribute 1 throughout the year. 



Bordering the opposite side of the path is a tree of Lignum 

 Vitae, Giiaiacnm officinale, which yields a resin used in 

 medicine and produces an extremely hard and tough wood, 

 much used for pulleys, pestles and mortars. Next is the 

 Governor plum, Flacoitrtia Ramontchi, and further in the 

 Bilimbi, Averrhoa Bilimbi, and its ally, the Carambola, 

 Averrhoa Carambola. Both of these species yield acid fruits 

 used for making jams, and for pickling. Here also will be 

 found nine plants of the Chicle Gum tree of British Honduras 

 Achras spp. and Rheedia editlis, the fruits of which have a 

 pleasant acid taste. Note also " Mountain Pride " Spathelia 

 simplex, of Jamaica ; the Horse Radish tree, Moringa 

 pterygosperma, the roots of which are used as a substitute for 

 horse radish, the seeds yielding a valuable oil known as " Oil 

 of Ben " ; and Erythrina senegalensis, sl handsome flowering 

 tree, related to the Mortels which are much used in the West 

 Indies as shade trees for cacao and other crops. 



The hedge on the cemetery boundary is made up of 

 Congea tomentosa, and " Corallita," Antigonon leptopiis. In 

 front of this hedge is a row of Papaws. On returning along 

 the path there may be seen the Indian Mulberry, Morinda 

 citrifolia, whose roots yield a red dye ; the Baiata tree, 

 Mimusops globosa, of British Guiana ; and a showy Indian 

 tree, Cochlospermum Gossypium, the source of Kuteera gum. 



At this point we enter the lower Garden path. To the 

 right the way leads to the upper slopes of the Garden by a 

 zig-zag path which rises to an elevation of about 120 feet, 



