DISTRICT OF POORKK. 14. r ) 



ORISSA AND BENGAL. 



From ANDREW MILLS, ESQ. Commissioner at Cuttack, to 

 DR. SPRY, Secretary to the Agricultural and Horticul- 

 tural Society of India , dated February 26, 1840. 



DEAR SIR, 



I am sorry to say, that I can give you little 

 information respecting the trees, &c. of this dis- 

 trict. I know little of the climate and soil best 

 adapted to either European or Indian trees, to 

 venture an opinion on the subject. As far as I 

 have seen, there are no other trees here that are 

 not common to other parts of India ; but the fol- 

 lowing are considered worthy of extension by Dr. 

 Cumberland of Pooree, who is more conversant 

 than I am with these matters, the particulars con- 

 cerning which, were kindly supplied to me by that 

 gentleman. 



kk Calophyllum inopliyllum, called by the natives 

 Pitlang, or Punang, flourishes luxuriantly on poor 

 sandy soils, in fact where scarcely any thing else will 

 grow. It is a very beautiful, and at the same time an 

 useful tree. The oil which is procured from the ber- 

 ries is used for burning, and likewise for medicinal 



