50 LIST OF USEFUL TREES WITH REMARKS. 



grow well at even five thousand feet west of Ootacamund, 

 but at Coonoor, it grew well up to six thousand feet. The 

 fact being, the west of Ootacamund in consequence of the 

 hot air of the Wynaad plateau being tempered by an eleva- 

 tion of three thousand feet, and much forest, whereas at 

 Coouoor, the hot air came up direct from a bare country, 

 only one thousand feet above sea-level, thus six thousand 

 feet at Coonoor was nearly as warm for vegetation as four 

 thousand five hundred feet west of Ootacamund. So that 

 in calculating heat due to elevation, some other matters 

 have to be taken into consideration, viz., rainfall, prevail- 

 ing winds, height of low country above the sea, nature of 

 the country, forest or otherwise, gorges, ravines, &c., 

 through which the hot air ascends, and the cold air 

 descends, thus equalising the temperature whilst on the 

 subject of the scientific treatment of plants, seeds, &c., 

 it is much to be regretted that the services and knowledge 

 of the Superintendent of the Ootacamund Gardens are 

 not utilised for the teaching of Overseers, Foresters, and 

 others. The Forest officer has not time to train men in 

 this department, nor has he any appliances, whereas they 

 may all be found in the Ootacamund gardens. The appli- 

 cation of the Overseers' training may be practically carried 

 out at Nellumbore and our other important forests. The 

 great drawback in our forests is their unhealthiuess, a trained 

 man being frequently lost through fever which is no respecter 

 of persons. 



CHAPTER XI. 



LIST OP USKFUL TREES WITH REMARKS. 



IN this list besides timber trees, there, is si great variety 

 of trees that might bo cultivated with advantage i'r their 

 economic products. 



No. 1 'JV,,k, /.Yj/mr/.-N. ( I rows at the sea-level and up to three thoii- 



Tectoria grandis. san j j- (H >t, elevation, cannot bo well grown o\<vM in nu-ist 



situations; like the Oak, prefers a rather retentive BUb-SOll, 



though it <rrows well at Nellumbore in " sandy elav, but just 



