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MANUAL OF THE NILAGIRI DISTRICT. 



CHAP. VI. Cinchona and tea are also very largely grown ; the former from 

 Flora. 3,000 feet upwards, the latter from 4^500 feet. 



The mangosteen fruits well in the garden at Burliar, about 



4,000 feet elevation on the south-eastern sloi:)es, where also the 

 nutmeg of commerce, the clove, the cocoa, and the vanilla grow 

 luxuriantly. 



Oranges, apples, peaches, and pears grow well at Coonoor and 

 Kalhatti ; pears succeed also in the colder and damper climate of 

 Ootacamand, where walnuts thrive and fruit well. Strawberries 

 and raspberries grow and fruit, but do not answer very well 

 except with constant attention to the supply of liquid manure and 

 water. Cherries and gooseberries will not fruit at all, probably 

 from the want of a regular winter, which is also the reason that 

 the oak grows so badly, and the elm, birch, and most other 

 European deciduous trees make no growth whatever. Currants 

 very rarely fruit. In the gardens of the plateau most of the 

 flowers found in English gardens and green-houses are to be met 

 with. The growth of fuschias, geraniums, and heliotropes i3 

 most luxuriant ; they are often made into hedges. 



