12G KTRST rMPRESSIONS OF IIII>L COUNTRY. 



a variety of Vjeautifiil scenery on this fine estate, cover- 

 ing about 1,500 acres, that I am not surprised to find 

 people willing to spend their best years in plantatiori 

 life, although 150 miles away from a large town 

 whence a doctor might be procured. 



Here we have the old virgin forest, so dense with 

 jungle, that it is difficult and often impossible to 

 penetrate. Trees 100 to 150 feet high, covered with 

 magnificent foliage, and many producing exquisite 

 flowers, as the 



Bastard Teak (Comhretum) : Long scarlet spikes, 

 hanging down in clusters ; leaves large and 

 ragged. (Plate VIII.) 

 Dhak tree or Palas Kino {Butea frondosa) : A 

 splendid sight w^hen covered with racemes 

 of butterfly -like, deep orange -coloured 

 flowers. The twigs yield a resinous Lac, 

 the secretion of an insect. (Plate IX.) 

 Moordilla [Barringtonia speciosa) : Flowers con- 

 sisting of nearly a hundred crimson and 

 yellow stamens. (Plate X.) 

 Indian Coral tree (Erythrina ifidica) : Long spikes 

 of splendid scarlet flowers, red seeds like 

 coral. (Plate XL) 

 Pagoda tree (Plumieria acuminata) : A handsome 

 tree, bearing bouquets of white lily-shaped 



