892 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XX. 

 Photograph III). The ordinary traveller passing hurriedly along ""as 



No. III. 

 Mr. Douglas did, might well be excused for being deceived by this pheno- 

 menon under the circumstances. 



It may be interesting to mention that at the northern ^extremity of the 

 Vehar Lake, I came across a young Palmyra, whose bole was in the process 

 of being embraced by four different Figs, such as Ficus bengalensis, Fieus 

 Tsiela, Ficus religiosa and Ficus glomerata. Tickell's Flower-pecker, I 

 magine, is mainly responsible for this phenomenon, as this pretty little 

 bird is very common round the Vehar Lake catchment area forest. 



Karachi, 29th September 1910. G. M. RYAN, f.z.s. 



No. XLV.— THE VARIETIES OF HIBISCUS CULTIVATED 



IN GARDENS. 



Mr. O. V. Bosanquet, I.C.S., the Resident of Baroda, in a letter recently 



asked for information in regard to the different varieties of Hibiscus in 



cultivation in gardens on this side of India, and this inquiry induced me 



to try and ascertain how many could be found. No one appears to have 



