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Coccoloba latifolia, one of the handsomest and most durable 

 woods of this island ; and Eucalyptus tesselaris, the Moreton 

 Bay Ash, valued in Australia on account of its timber. 



The path now joins the main carriage road at the Emsall 

 Gate. The two palms flanking the entrance, though very 

 much alike in general appearance, belong to distinct genera, 

 the one on the right being Scheelea excelsa and the other on the 

 left the Cohune Palm, Attalea cohune, of British Honduras. 

 From the seeds of the latter an oil is expressed, which has a 

 pleasant nutty flavour. Now that special machinery has been 

 invented to deal with the hard shell of its fruit a difficulty 

 which had to be overcome before the oil could be extracted on 

 a commercial scale it is likely that the oil will find a ready 

 use in the manufacture of margarine, for which purpose it is 

 said to be verv suitable. 



Opposite the gate, and separated from the Garden by the 

 public road, is a section over 2 acres in extent of the 

 nursery grounds, which is utilized for raising budded citrus 

 plants, Limes, Sugar cane, Coffee, Rubber, Onion seedlings, etc. 

 If one stands near the Emsall Gate and looks along the carriage 

 road, the interesting plants on the left are Daniel Ha thurifera, 

 the Bungo tree of Sierra Leone, which yields a fragrant 

 resin ; the Mabola fruit of India, Diospyros discolor ; the 

 Silky Oak of Australia, Grevillca robusta, a member of the 

 Proteaceae, valued for its beautifully marked wood ; and 

 Gmelina arborea, a large timber tree of India, at the base of 

 which is growing its ally the scandent Gmelina hystrix. 

 Climbing over one of the mahogany trees is the Pelican 

 flower, Aristolochia gigas, var. Stiirtevantii, remarkable for its 

 large, peculiarly formed flowers, whose structure enables 

 them to entrap the unwary insects attracted by the foetid 

 odour which they emit for this purpose. Further in is a 

 specimen of Lagerstroemia parviflura. 



Growing on the lawn on the right-hand side of the drive 

 note, commencing at the gate : the Bull's Horn Acacia, 

 Acacia sphaerocephala, native of Mexico ; the soap-berry tree 

 of Dominica, Sapindus inaequalis ; Triplaris surinamensis ; 

 Labramia Bogeri ; the Indian Beech, Pongamia glabra ; the 

 silver foliaged Juniperus pachvphloea ; Traveller's tree, 

 Ravcnala madagascariensis ; Portlandia grandiflora, a West 



