ORNAMENTAL PLANTS, ETC. G5 



amateurs and practical horticulturists is consider- 

 able, and I believe I may with safety say, yearly 

 increasing. 



For introduction of many ornamental, as well as 

 useful trees and plants, the community is deeply 

 indebted to the late Colonel Hough, to Mr. Nimmo 

 of Bombay, and to others. Of ornamental plants 

 introduced of late years, I may name the Brugman- 

 sia arborea, Cassia sumatrana, Maurandia, Quis- 

 qualis, and many others. 



The undersigned has succeeded in raising the 

 American Black Locust tree (Robinia Pseudacacia) 

 from seed. The Cocoa tree has been tried in the 

 Deckan ; but the aridity of the climate is found to 

 be fatal to it. In the "dank" or damp jungles un- 

 der the ghats, it may possibly succeed better, and as 

 it can be planted in half-cleared land with advan- 

 tage, may, along with the Coffee plant, hereafter be- 

 come an article of some importance to the cottager 

 dwelling under the ghats. 



