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XIX. CENTRAL CIRCLE, NIGERIA, KOKO TOWN MAHOGANY. 



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87. Koko Town, with raft of mahogany logs moored near the bank , . 396 



88. Mahogany logs floating in the river above Koko Town . . . 396 



XX. CENTRAL CIRCLE, NIGERIA, OSSE RIVER FOREST. 



89. Fiintumia Rubber Plantation, both sides of the road, Igwoshudi, 



Benin 408 



90. Mahogany Plantation, Khaya Pttnc^w, twelve years old, nearNoami, on 



the banks of the Osse River, Benin Province .... 408 



91. Entandrophragma log with three sides already squared and fourth 



partially cut ready for squaring ....... 408 



92. Stump of XAaya PttncM* with log at base, left in the Benin Forest . . 408 



XXI. EASTERN CIRCLE, NIGERIA, STUDIES OF TREES. 

 Degema Forest Station, including Imo Bridge. 



93. Mimusops Djave, about twelve years old, standing near Prison, Degema 



Station, Eastern Circle . . . . . . . .414 



94. Mature Light African Greenheart, Piptadenia Africana, standing in 



the middle of Degema Station . . . . . . .414 



95. Young Oil Bean Tree in bearing, Pentaclethra macropkylla, Degema 



Station 414 



96. Red Oak, Berlinia acuminata, 20 feet in girth, standing near the 



Sombreiro River, Degema Station . . . . . .414 



97. Base of Red Oak, Berlinia acuminata, showing smooth bark with 



comparatively few large scales, Degema Station .... 428 



98. Iroko, Chlorophora excelsa, nursery bed, with seedlings two years old, 



at the side of Forest House, Degema ...... 428 



99. The temporary Wooden Bridge over the Imo, on the Eastern Division, 



Nigerian Railway. Note, only native, locally grown timber used 



in its construction ......... 446 



100. Mediimi-sized African Pearwood, Mimusops Djave, standing in the 



middle of the road outside Degema Station on the road to lUimema, 

 since felled, and logs sold in England ...... 446 



101. Inoi Tree, Poga oleosa, standing at the edge of the Degema Station 



grounds ........... 446 



XXII. EASTERN CIRCLE, NIGERIA, CALABAR ARBORETUM 

 AND STATION. 



102. Oil Pahn, Eloeis Guineensis, eight years old, in bearing, showing nine 



out of the twenty-one bunches of fruit on the tree .... 460 



103. Seven-year-old Oil Palm in bearing, rather over-pruned, showing male 



inflorescence just below boy's finger and bunch of fruit in the middle 



of the picture .......... 460 



104. Mature Brachystegia spiccejormis standing at the side of the Calabar 



Road, Calabar, showing the typical shape of the crown and 

 branches .......... 472 



105. Base of mature Brachystegia spiccejormis standing at the side of the 



Calabar Road, Calabar, showing both the scaly untouched bark and - 

 the wovmded section covered with nodules ..... 472 



