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soaking them. It is then melted arid formed into cakes, 

 which are used in the manufacture of candles. The trunk 

 yields a wood of great hardness, and the leaves are used for 

 thatching, and for hat-making. 



Amongst the shrubby plants are two species of Carissa : 

 C. Carandas, and C. grandiflora, both of which bear white 

 fragrant flowers, and edible fruits. The former is a native of 

 India, and bears dark purple fruits ; the fruits of the latter 

 a South African species are red. Both make good hedge 

 plants. 



Other shrubby plants growing in this border are : 

 Thunbergia erecta ; Leea sp. a handsome plant with orange- 

 coloured berries ; various Crotons, Cordylines. Calliandras, 

 Ixoras, and other plants such as : Ravenala guyanensis ; 

 and Muehlenbeckia platyclada, the last named a curious bushy 

 plant with flattened green stems, which serve as leaves, and 

 bear numerous white flowers. This plant is a native of the 

 Solomon Islands. 



On reaching the corner at the end of this border will be 

 found Ixora amboinica, and Ixora parviflora, both of which 

 bear white, sweet-scented flowers ; Oweinia cepiodora ; Spiraea 

 Reevsiana ; and a species of Polyalthia ; also, Martinezia 

 corallina, a handsome dwarf palm native to Martinique ; and 

 Quebrachia Lorentzii, a tree already noted in this book. 



On turning the corner and proceeding alon^ the path, a 

 row of mahogany trees interplanted with Casuarinas will be 

 noticed. There are specimens of Casuirina equisetifolia, a 

 leafless tree with jointed pendulous twigs, native to the 

 Pacific Islands. It yields a wood of extreme hardness. On 

 the lawn to the right observe several palms including three 

 spe cies of Corypha :C. elata, C.gebanga, and C. umbraculifera ; 

 and Arenga Wightii. Observe also Deguelia micro p/iylla, an 

 attractive tree with purplish flowers, used in Java on coffee 

 plantations for the purpose of giving shade, and of supplying 

 mulch ; Hcrnandia sonora, the juice of the leaves of which is 

 a powerful depilatory, destroying hair wherever applied, 

 without pain ; and Celtis austral is, a native to South Europe, 

 North Africa and South Asia. This tree affords a hard and 

 dense wood well suited for turner's and carver's work. The 

 berri< s are edible. 



