574 HOXEY PLANTS 



In addition to the foregoing, the following are also noted for 

 the fragrance of their Mowers or leaves : 



TREES : 



Caesalpinia coriaria. "Divi-divi." Murraya exotica. " Etteriya" S. 



Cassia nodosa Myristica. Horsfieldii 



Citrus Decumana. Pumelo. Nyctanthes Arbor-tristis. "Sepalika," S. 



Fagraea fragrans. " Tembusu " or or " Night-flowering Jasmine." 



"Tembusi" (Malay.) Ptercorpus marsupium. 



Mesua ferrea. Ceylon " Iron-wood ;" Haematoxylon campechianum. 



"Na-gaha" S. 

 Michelia Champaca. Champac ; 



" Sapu" S. 



Logwood. 

 Tabernaemontana coronaria. Wax- 



flower. 



T. dichotoma. " Divi-kaduru." 



SHRUBS: 



Brunfelsia bicolor Lippia citriodora. " Lemon -scented 



Oardenia florida Verbena." 



Hibiscus Abelmoschus. Musk Mallow. Michelia fuscata. " Mathanakama." T. 



Seeds yield musk-like odour, Ocimum basilicum. Sweet Basil. 



used in perfumery. Worth O. sanctum. " Maduru-tala " S. 



Is, to Is. 6d. per Ib. Stemmadenia bella. 



Jasminum Sambac Talauma mutabilis. 



Lawsonia alba. Mignonette Tree. Wrightia zeylanica. " Sudu-idda" S. 



CLIMBERS : 



Artobotrys zeylanicus. "Petika-wel," S. 

 Asparagus falcatus. " Hathawariya," S. 

 A. racemosus. 

 Camoensia maxima. 

 Jasminum flexile. 



Lonicera Hilderbrandtii. Giant Honev- 



Odontadenia speciosa 

 Pergularia odoratissima. 

 Stephanotis floribunda. 



suckle. 



HONEY PLANTS 



Bees have their likes and dislikes in regard to the flowers 

 they visit for extracting honey from, and the quality of the honey 

 produced by them largely depends on the kind of flowers which 

 they frequent. Persons who have taken up bee-keeping in Ceylon 

 or other tropical countries must have sometimes experienced 

 a difficulty in providing a sufficient supply of suitable flowering 

 plants or trees for their bees ; to these the following list of trees 

 or shrubs especially suited for the purpose may be a guidance. 

 MR. C. DRIEBERG, who has given the subject much attention, 

 states that Ceylon bees seem to travel great distances in search 

 of honey-flowers, apparently preferring trees to shrubs and smaller 

 plants. In the West Indies, " Logwood " honey is considered 

 to be about the best, though the flowers of the Pigeon Pea 

 { u Rata-tora ") and Lime-tree (Citrus) are also considered to yield 

 honey of excellent quality. 



