SUITABLE LOCALITIES. 



the result to be expected, else ages must roll on, 

 before any benefit could possibly be reaped. 



Suitable localities might no doubt be found for a 

 nursery, and for plantations of the most useful pro- 

 ductions of other countries in the territories under 

 this Presidency, and I beg to point out particularly 

 for this purpose, the neglected Island of Salsette, 

 the tract along the Ghauts between Dhurrumpore 

 and the Taptee, as being well adapted for the cul- 

 tivation of timber trees; the valley of Candeish 

 for fruit trees, exotic ; the banks of the Nerbuddah, 

 the Vindhyan range, and the country between 

 Ahmedabad and Ahmednuggur, northward for tim- 

 bers, fruit trees, and medicinal plants, from the 

 temperate parts of the globe. It is scarcely ne- 

 cessary for me to observe, that the choice of the site 

 of the present Botanic Garden in the Deccan is 

 by no means eligible, as even the very grass seems 

 to be reluctant to grow on the arid plains of the 

 Ghauts. 



In a report from the Superintendent at the Bo- 

 tanic establishment at Dapooree, which has casually 

 fallen into my hands, I observe, he has declared 

 himself incompetent to give an opinion on the mo- 

 mentous question of forming Teak and other tim- 



