Cteess 



Besides the trees in the garden, I must mention 

 a few other specially attractive ones which flour- 

 ished in the neighborhood, such as the charming 

 Banhinia variegata, various splendid large speci- 

 mens of which always reminded me of some fair 

 spirit being wafted from " under the violets " up 

 toward heaven in a cloud of delicate airy blos- 

 som, and the Cassia nodosa, appareled for fully two 

 months on end with lovely rose-pink drapery 

 more dainty and fresher than apple blossom. The 

 dazzling pure orange claws, sheathed in deep 

 olive-green velvet, of the Butea frondosa can also 

 not pass unnoticed ; but there are so many strik- 

 ingly beautiful flowering trees in the tropics that 

 I can not attempt to describe more than these 

 few, which form the most vivid pictures in my 

 mind at the moment. 



In the rose garden I had a rose called " Baronne 

 Pelletan de Kinkellan." It was a beautiful dark 

 red one. I have looked for it in vain in the cata- 

 logues which now come before me, but have been 

 unable to find it, though I should much like to 

 have it again. Perhaps, like some of its fair 

 sisters, it has an alias. 



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