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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 



[June i, 1886, 



INDIAN AND CEYLON TEA AVERAGES. 



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EFFECT OF ARECANUT UPON A RETIUEVKR 



BITCH, WHEN GIVEN AS A DRENCFI. 



Sir. Twt) <l;iys aj,'o T i)ut rathtu' loss tlniti l^ilrs. of 

 powih'ictl :>rocaiint in to 4oz. cltian nit'ilicini' buttle, 

 ami filU:il thr InittlH half full of warm milk ami wntiT, 

 shaking' tlio buttlo well, and mlrniiiistored the contents, 

 asadrendij to a n'triever bitch, fivu years oltl, and 

 say TjO or (iU lb. weij;lit. The re.snlt was. tln^ hiteh 

 turnetl onet^ fovnid. anil tliiii fell ilown apparently de;id ; 

 I uniuved lnrr lii'ad fjoni un ler ber budy, and in 



about half a minute she got up, with her back much 

 arched, a peculiar glazed look about her eyes, foamed 

 at the mouth, breathed very heavily and with great 

 difficulty ; her t<)ngue became shrivelled, uarrow, and 

 concave, and of a sort of dull leaden colour ; lips and 

 gumd the same colour. In this slate she staggered, 

 and reeled into her kennel, some twenty yards dis- 

 tant, aod fell into the kennel, being nnable to -lift her 

 liind quarters over the entrance of the kennel (some 

 eighteen inches high). In the couret* of three honrs 

 she passed a large quantity of worms; continually 

 tried to vomit but only raised a small quantity of 

 thick mucus ; and breathed with great dittitudty all 

 day. This is written at the end of the tbird day 

 since the drench was given. The bitch is very weak 

 has only taken a little milk since; she still experi- 

 ences some difficuky in breathing, and if she goes out 

 for a walk, a sort of tissock, or slight cough (as in 

 distemper) comes on. I believe she will recover. With 

 the exception of having worms, the bitch was in per- 

 fect health, in thorough good condition, and active 

 and lively. tShe had weaned puppies about eight weeks 

 previous. I inclose some of the powder, which is 

 simply grated arecanut, and I have given some of 

 the same powder out of same box to other dogs, with 

 beueKcial results. During the last thirty years I have 

 never seen arecanut otherwise than beneficially. Can 

 you, sir, or any of your readers, enlighten me ? Again, 

 what is the action of arecanut ? — Kethiever. 



[y^Q have known similar results from drenching 

 with arecanut, but not from the drug when given 

 as a bolus, or swallowed in broth voluntarily. \Ve 

 are led to believe that some of the powiler enters 

 the trachea when given forcibly as a drench. This is 

 the only explanation which we can offer of the above 

 case.— Ed. Field,] 



FOREST TREES. 



The following is a list of New Zealand trees which 

 should be introduced here,* as likely to flourish and 

 become of great value. Dammafa A i' .■>tralis or Kauri 

 Pine is a splendid timber tree rising to a height of TOO 

 feet without a branch, it is therefore free from knots 

 and very useful for house building, it also j-ields the 

 valuable Kauri gum worth fifty poun»ls a ton. The 

 annual sale of the timber from New Zealand atnnunts 

 to one hundred million feet, and five thousand tuns of 

 gum, this latter is made into a varnish resin and much 

 used iu the United States, it resembles amber in culour. 

 and is often found by the di^'gers in pieces larger than 

 a man's hea-l, it is supposed to Uv the in-oduce uf forests 

 that existed tfus of thousands of years before ; the gum 

 yielded by living trees is not so much esteemed. There 

 are said to be but 150,000 acres of this noble tree 

 living, and its disappearance is expected, as but few 

 trees are planted to supply the enormous demand. 

 There is a tree of this species growing iu the LtI }>augli 

 at Piangalore, it may be twenty years old, and is some 

 furty feet in height, the situation is too hot for it. 



The next tree in order of value is Potlocarpus fotara,^ 

 some inileed consider it superior iu value to the Kami 

 pine. Liudley says, that so highly was this noble tree 

 esteemed, tliat the iiossession uf forests of it was often 

 the occasion of wars. The tut'ira grows to a hundred 

 feet in height, and its diameter often excee'ls eight feet. 

 The wood is red in colour, close grained, easily workeil, 

 and is exceedingly durable, posts in the gmnnd lasting 

 for more than fifty years, it is also impervious to tin' 

 attacks of the teredo worm. There is a variety known 

 as mo\uitain 'Votttro whieh will stand a eliniate as severe 

 as the liighlands of Scotland. There is but one Vodo- 

 carp>'^\n Southern India, diseuvercl by (/olonellSediionie 

 on the Tinnevelly Hills at an elevation of about fi.tMK) 

 feet. Libncetfrits I>»ryiana, the Arbor Vita- of the 

 colonists, is another valuable tree growing to nearly one 

 hundred feet in height, tl:ft wood i.s red henvy and 

 very durable, and consi'lered valuable for masts spars, 

 and it is scarce even in New Zealand. an»l whi'ii its 

 (jualities are fully known it very probaldy will b-' extirr- 

 niinated. There is another of this genus A. lU'diri/fi 



* Tiie Nilgiris. Hiul what answers there will gen^'rally 

 ilourish un the Nuwara Eliya ranges. — Eo. ] 



