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ASSAM RUBBER TRt^l Pl^RADENIYA GARDENS, KANDY (SEE PAGE I27) 
"The Peradeniva Gardens, four miles away, present every beautiful and useful tree, plant, 
and flower that wi'll grow in this ideal climate of eternal June. One walks m wonderland 
down one avenue of giant rubber trees, along another of royal palms, past groups of talipot, 
palmyra, and soaring areca palms, gigantic fans of travelers' palms, clumps of giant bamboo 
soaring a hundred feet in air, groves of nutmeg and cinnamon trees, ponds of victoria regia, 
thickets of tree ferns, mats of blue iridescent ferns, and long borders of sensitive plants." 
