54 USEFUL TREES AND SHRUBS REQUIRED. 



very large. The pungent leaf of the Piper Betle 

 is a highly valuable condiment for the natives. 



Indian rubber tree, Ficus elastica. 



Arrowroot plants. 



Allspice tree. 



Quassia tree. 



Palm oil tree, Elasis guineensis. 



Gum Copal, &c. &c. &c. 



Cassava plants have been introduced by me, 

 brought from Bombay, and the plant grows 

 admirably. 



Convolvulus Scammonia wanted. 



Egyptian wheat 



Carob tree, a native of Syria, the seeds.* 

 There is nothing Gujerat can give to other parts 

 of India or to England, but to Egypt we could give 



* The introduction of the Carob tree (Ceratonia Siliqua) at the 

 Government Garden at Saharunpore, has been very successful. The 

 Superintendent in his report to Government for the past year, 1840, 

 (see Proceedings of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India, 

 for May 1841,) states, that several hundred plants have been raised, and 

 will be distributed eventually along the dry and sandy tracts of the 

 North-western Provinces, where they will constitute a valuable boon 

 to the inhabitants, and shew the estimation in which it is held. He 

 further mentions, that the pods sell in the bazar at ten rupees a seer, or 

 five rupees a pound. H. II. S. 



