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immense flower clusters of Amherstia nohilis. It leads directly 

 to the famous Canary Avenue, one of the chief show places of 

 the garden. The avenue is perfectly straight, about one third 

 of a mile long, well macadamized, and shaded by two rows of 

 immense canary trees, whose elm-like crowns arch over and meet 

 above the road in a continuous canopy of foliage nearly a hun- 

 dred feet above the driveway. The canary trees themselves 

 are noble in appearance, but the tropical beauty of the avenue is 

 not due to them alone. At the base of every tree leafy lianas 

 have been planted, Fagraeas, Freycinetias, Gnetums, but chiefly 



Fig. i6. Canary Avenue from near the main entrance, Buitenzorg. The second 

 tree from the left supports the huge orchid Grammatophyllum speciosum. 



huge aroids, which completely cover and hide the tree trunks as 

 high as the lower branches. Besides these, hundreds of bird's 

 nest fern (Asplenium nidus), and various other epiphytic ferns 

 and orchids have colonized on the branches and trunks, until 

 the avenue has become almost a tropical garden in itself. 



Unfortunately the canary trees are rather short-lived, and 

 preparations have already been made to replace this avenue. 

 Another one has been planted running the length of the island 

 and the lianas have already started to climb the trees. By the 

 time the original Canary Avenue has begun to deteriorate, the 

 new one is expected to be at its prime. 



