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Several trees of great interest are growing in the small 

 ravine close by. These include the Souari or Butter-nut of 

 British Guiana, Caryocar nucifemm, which yields a nut 

 possessing a fine flavour ; Tonka Bean, Dipteryx odorata, 

 whose fragrant pods are used in perfumery ; and the Bread- 

 nut of Dominica, Artocarpus incisa, var. seminifera ; the 

 latter not to be confused with the Bread-nut tree of Jamaica 

 and West Africa, which will be referred to later. Also trees 

 of the Avocado pear, Per sea gratissima, a fruit much esteemed 

 in the West Indies, and now largely grown in the Southern 

 States of America. A clump of native Balisier, Heliconia 

 Bihai, is growing at the end of the ravine. At this point 

 specimens of the Bois Flot or Corkwood, Ochroma Lagopus,. 

 may be seen growing on the slopes about the upper garden 

 path. This tree yields a wood of remarkable lightness. 



Resuming the main path, a group of Divi-Divi, 

 Caesalpinia coriaria, growing on the bank to the right, should 

 be noticed. The small pods contain a considerable percentage 

 of tannin, and were formerly an article of export. Near by is 

 the West Indian Calabash tree, Crescentia Cujete, the fruit of 

 which is used for a variety of purposes, the hard woody shell 

 being made to serve as basins, cups, water-bottles, etc. ; the 

 pulp is used as a medicine, acting as a purgative and 

 considered to be beneficial in diseases of the chest. There is 

 also grouped here several Nicaraguan shade trees, Gliricidia 

 maculata, one of the best of shade trees for cacao cultivation. 

 In Nicaragua, where the tree is a native it is preferred to all 

 other shade-giving trees for this purpose. In Dominica the 

 tree is planted as a nurse plant for young lime trees, and for 

 mulching purposes. When in flower this tree is a striking 

 object of great beauty. 



Taking the left-hand side of the path commencing near 

 the entrance to the ravine, note the Marmalade plum, Lucuma 

 mammosa, a native of the West Indies and Tropical America, 

 where it is cultivated for the sake of its fruit which is used for 

 making a kind of marmalade ; Akee, Blighia sapida, native of 

 Guinea, but now common in the West Indies and South America, 

 where its bright red-coloured fruits are occasionally eaten ; 

 Anona Buchanani, a species closely allied to the Sour-sop, 

 Anona muricata; and the famous Mangosteen tree of the East,. 



