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B. Galpini, a handsome South African species with bright red 

 flowers. Behind the hedge the land is occupied by a large 

 collection of grafted mangoes, Mangifera iniic'a, which includes 

 such varieties as Alphonse, Daramia, Pairi, Kheershapottee, 

 Bhadoorea, Langra, Julie, Divine, Bombay, Ceylon No. 1 

 and others. 



Proceeding a short distance along the path a border will 

 be met with on the left-hand side planted with various plants 

 of ornamental and economic value, notably : the double pink 

 Hibiscus ; Rondeletia speciosa ; Brownea Kewense ; PavJta 

 caffra ; small masses of the interesting China grass, Bozhmeria 

 nivea ; and the Ramie or Rhea, Boehmeria tenaciss : ma. The 

 latter are fibre plants, both yielding a fibre of great strength 

 an fineness, but, up to the present, the difficulty of extracting 

 it from the inner bark has not been satisfactorily overcome. 



Other interesting plants in this border are the wild Lime 

 of India, Atalantia monopyhlla, which furnishes a heavy close- 

 grained wood suitable for cabinet work ; Clerodendron 

 Bakeri ; and specimens of the Queen of Flowers, Lagerstroemia 

 Flos-reginae, a large deciduous tree of India and Burma. The 

 latter yields a valuable timber used in shipbuilding and all 

 kinds of construction work. It is grown in the West Indies 

 on account of the beauty of its regal purple flowers. Further 

 along will be found the Sandal Wood, Santalum album, whose 

 fragrant wood is much used in India for carving, for ornamental 

 purposes, and for burning incense ; and the well-known 

 Pomegranate, Punica granatum. The dried rind of the fruit 

 is of value as a remedy for dysentery, and, like the bark, 

 is used for tanning ; the root is an excellent vermifuge. 



Immediately behind these trees is a collection of Mexican 

 varieties of the Avocado pear, Persea gratissima var. 

 drimy folia. 



The building on the right is a Cacao drying house, used 

 for drying cacao. During sunny weather the sliding trays 

 are drawn out into the open, but in dull or wet weather the 

 trays are pushed under cover and drying is effected by means 

 of flues heated from a furnace at one end, whilst at the 

 opposite end a fan is kept going to keep the heat in circulation. 

 Large quantities of cacao, as well as nutmegs and kola nuts, 



