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an appearance of astonishing elegance and loveliness. When 

 out of blossom, likewise, it is highly ornamental for its fine 

 hanging foliage of pinnate leaves, with six or seven pairs of 

 lanceolate pointed leaflets seven inches long. 



It was first brought into notice by Dr. Wallich, who introduced 

 it from Martaban, though there seems considerable doubt whether 

 that is its native locality. It has now become pretty well estab- 

 lished in several of the gardens in the vicinity of Calcutta, far 

 north of which it would in all probability be unable to exist. 



It is propagated easily by layering ; but the young plants, 

 when put out in the spot selected for them, require great care, 

 or they are sure to die off. Mr. John Scott tells me the best 

 time for layering is in the Hot season soon enough that the 

 layered plants may be ready to take up and put out in the 

 Eains. Layers made in the Kains and taken up in the Cold 

 season he found nearly sure to die. During t the Cold months 

 they should have a screen over them to protect them- from Cold 

 at night ; and during the succeeding Hot months they need 

 one quite as much in the daytime to shelter them from the dry 

 arid heat of the sun. At the latter period also, being that in 

 which they are in vigorous growth, they should be kept con- 

 stantly watered. The Kain season is the one most congenial to 

 their nature, when they may be safely left to themselves. They 

 luxuriate in an exceedingly rich soil, and are benefited in their 

 growing season by copious supplies of liquid manure. 



Jonesia. 



J. Asoca Asoe. A tree of considerable size, native of 

 Southern India, somewhat similar to the preceding in foliage, 

 but very dissimilar in its mode of flowering; blossoms in 

 February and March with large, erect, compact clusters of 

 flowers, varying in colour from pale-orange to scarlet, almost to 

 be mistaken, on a hasty glance, for immense trusses of bloom 

 of an Ixora. Mr. Fortune considered this tree, when in full 

 bloom, superior in beauty even to the Amherstia an opinion 

 in which probably many will concur. 



The first time I saw the Asoc in flower was on the hill where 

 the famous rock-cut temple of Karlee is situated, and a large 

 concourse of natives had assembled for the celebration of some 



