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duration ; snow is unknown. The following climatological statistics may be 

 quoted : 



Climatological statistics for the Nilgiris. 



Shade temperature (degrees Fahr.). 



Station. Maximum, Minimum. 



Absolute. Average. Absolute. Average, 

 tacamund . . 75 . . 35 



',327 ft.) 

 onoor 

 ,200 ft.) 



jUington 83-4 81 24-7 36 



1,200 ft.) 



Normal rainfall (inches). 



Jime-Sept. Oct. -Dec 

 Jan.- Apr.- (SW. 



Mar. May. monsoon). 

 2-46 9-70 24-76 



(NE. 



monsoon). 



1403 



8-17 8-82 



16-68 



32-09 



Total 



for 



vear. 



50-95 



65-76 



51-09 



The species far more extensively planted than any other is E. Globulus, 

 which grows very rapidly and thrives admirably. Many other species, however, 

 have been planted, not only in plantations but also in private gardens and 

 along roadsides, while there are many different species in the Government 

 gardens at Ootacamund and in Sim's Park at Coonoor. The identity of many 

 of these was obscure until, in 1912 and subsequently, Mr. R. Bourne made 

 a careful investigation into the question, and with the aid of specimens collected 

 on the spot succeeded in establishing the identity of no fewer than 36 species. 

 After E. Globulus by far the commonest species in the Government planta- 

 tions are E. ohliqua and E. Sieberiana. Except E. Globulus the only two 

 species which have attained large dimensions are E. obliqua and E. eugenioides, 

 to which may be added occasional large specimens of E. viminalis. The 

 following is a complete list of species which IVIr. Bourne has succeeded in 

 identifying in the Nilgiris : E. acmenoides, Schauer, E. amygdalina, Labill., 

 E. botryoides, Sm., E. calophylla, Brown, E. capitellata, Sm., E. cornuta, Labill., 

 E. corymbosa, Sm., E. crebra, F. v. M., E. eugenioides, Sieber, E.ficifolia, F. v. M., 



E. foecunda, Schauer, E. Globulus, Labill., E. Gunnii, Hook., E. hemiphloia, 



F. V. M., E. Leucoxylon, F. v. M., E. longifolia, Link and Otto, E. macrorrhyncha, 

 F. V. M., E. maculata. Hook., var. citriodora, Bailey, E. microcorys, F. v. M., 



E. miniata, Cunn., E. obliquu, L'Herit., E. paniculata, Sm., E. ptychocarpa, 



F. V. M., E. pilularis, Sm., E. pulverulenta , Sims., E. punctata, DC, E. redunca, 

 Schauer, E. resinifera, Sm., E. robusta, Sm., E. rostrata, Schleich, E. saligna, 

 Sm., E. sideropJiloia, Benth., E. Sieberiana, F. v. M., E. Stuartiana, F. v. M., 

 E. tereticornis, Sm., E. viminalis, Labill. 



Trials were commenced in 1910 to ascertain if any good timber-yielding 

 species will succeed in the Nilgiris, and for this purpose small experimental 

 plantations were formed at three different elevations, namely 6,700, 7,300, 

 and 8,300 ft. The species tried were E. acmenoides, Schauer, E. crebra, F. v. M., 

 E. eugenioides, Sieber, E. hemipJdoia, F. v. M., E. paniculata, Sm., E. pilularis, 

 Sm., E. punctata, DC, and E. sideropJiloia, Benth. There was some difficulty 

 in raising the young plants, which proved tender in the early stages, and had 

 to be reared under forcing frames. When once put out they proved more 

 hardy, but required protection against frost, for which purpose they were 

 surrounded with coverings of bracken. The species which have done best so 

 far are E. punctata, E. acmenoides, and E. pilularis. The least promising is 

 E. hemiphloia. 



2. Indian Peninsula. Except in the Nilgiris there is little reliable infornia- 



