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FLOWERING TREES 



This handsome tree is much in favour for planting near Buddhist 

 temples. It blossoms profusely in the month of April or May, the 

 large white flowers, with their big bunch of yellow stamens, being 

 delicately scented. The young leaves, which appear twice a year, 

 are of an intense blood-red colour, passing through delicate shades 

 of pink into the dark-green of the adult growth. 



Millingtonia hortensis. Bii>noniaceae. Indian Cork-Tree. 

 An erect tree with dark-green finely divided leaves, reaching a 



CEYLON IRON-WOOD. MCSIHI 



height of 59 feet or more; bears in November and June a profusion 

 of long, pure-white fragrant flowers. The tree is a favourite in 

 Indian gardens; thrives up to 2,003 feet in Ceylon. 



Oncoba spinosa. Bimceae. A small bushy tree of Arabia, 

 with light -gieen, small ovate leaves. It bears during April, from 

 the underside of the young branches, large, single, white flowers 

 with yellow stamens; these are delicately scented and suggest in 

 appearance large dog-roses. Introduced at Peracleniya in 1885, 

 but has not as vet set fruit here. 



