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GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
149 
is now in hand. 
Four hundred species is certainly 
a small num 
mber of plants for these islands, but it 
ne in mind that not one-hundredth part of 
the land enjoys the poate of the virgin forests. The 
axe and fires throug tt 
tion have wrought тА mischief. Fir 
res have again and 
again swept over nearly all e р, and only the 
parts near the tops of the mountain ere showers 
are so freque ent that the майга доа dries, have 
escaped their fury. 
they are not easily extin d soil th 
virgin forests is covered wit hick layer of half 
decomposed vegetable matter, into which the trees, 
shrubs, &c., root freely, and w dry, takes 
fire readily. Thus many species have been destroyed, 
and it is only a few of the hardiest kinds which 
recover the land he fire-tracks are easily distin- 
guished, by absence of the vegetable mould, 
by the uniform siz M e о 
e.t 
almost мейтш» and by the зел of very 
young plan 
The Seychelles flora is unique in its Palms, which 
have not been discovered in any other part of the 
are also An rubra (2), a branching species of Ну- 
phaene and or borbonic 
ve Palms of these islands all belong to 
different tits and that, excepti 
they are all covered 
e seen in perfection, the average 
height of the highest trees in the 
most of them are growing is ficus 80 to 
i reminds one of the. de- 
stalks, on young well grown plants 
I4 feet in length, and proportionally thic 
I have seen them 20 to 25 feet long, but 
and d where there ie a struggle to dà "he light 
an 
e sd 258 tree before it bears аре ed А think, 
bes есеге e tree LS nment 
House i 
one in ali ie respects, 
year - = age. It was fertilised in July last, and 
ere considerably swollen in September. If 
suc-essfully fertilised the time which the fruit requires 
to тіреп wi e easily ascertain those 
acquainted with the mode of germination ; i bit o 
th, flowering, and manner of ing flowers of 
that Mascarene genus of c atania, the 
de Mer sem few pea with th 
exception of it The ‘‘ bowl” is the base 
trunk, but se | harder, and not il decom- 
appears to be їо 
es in almos 
the young leaves of the o de Mer—some of them 
seful h c., and others ornamental The 
. leaves of the Stevensonias, * *Latanier feuille," are very 
useful for thatch. The outside slab runk of 
| the * Latte” сене езт ars ee split 
ces of 2 or 3 in 
ess of ted pa in Бе, аы hee e pallis- 
es for hodse-bulkd 
— E bere loc ирк, are made from the 
ES es on" (Cu ag. к 
. larum), ark of the “Var” 
(Partim. зот) yields a good me fibre which 
is usefal dage. de ing lines made of the 
d rhe "PATRES чё " Foureroya. gigantea), a 
ЕЁ fibr 
1 plant whi oad ge serais е introduced. 
elds the 'gum-copal of 
Madagasca ar, к but that ата chelles. 
Een © Bois de Fer » (Dipterocarpese species) [ccm 
n, wa 
1 excee ding — gum-res which 
3 fue erly used for incen 
Rab roris (F Frambrosier), - which is very 
in the s at т is 
mmon everywhere in theis aiie "They ar 
E ties naturalised, 
useful timber trees are the Capucin, Sideroxy- 
AM Tacamahaca, Calophyllum 
er undescribed species of palm. "There. 
Inophyllum ; Bois de Fer, Dipterocarpez species ; 
Guy yac or Faux Guyac, Afzelia bijuga ; Badamier, 
Terminali Badamia ; Bois d tte, Imbricaria 
petiolaris; Bois de Marce, Gomphandra species ; 
ois Rouge, Wormia ferruginea ; Bois de Table, 
Heritieria littoralis з Bois Sandal, Rubiaceze species ; 
Bois des Mo tagnes гр nospermum ; 
Among the fea ioe чы азгы elles may be 
mentioned the тарро. (Tanghinia жо о 
dagasca small 
мда, clusters of prety "ш Лина. which ете ріп 
еп вое T rupe, which, 
when i йр, Sa utifal Peach: in colour, shape 
and size. contains a hard nut, the kernel of which, 
although aly a little bigger than an Almond, is suffi- 
cient to destroy twenty y people 
‘The ** Cain кы" „Strychnos iden is m 
mmon. 
** Tan nghi n Rouge. (Euphorbia pyra, and “Bo 
Jasmin, tree belon aceze. 
Tales bon: dis ate equal "oet un det 
nchineel t It is as much dreaded in 
chelles, "d Бе ыан of A 
by the inhabitants of their respective 
on 
he large roots of Colocasia macrorhiza are used, 
when boiled, to feed pigs. а wn; all the parts of 
the plant are exceedingly delet 
A 
mong the in ms late which may be called 
curious are the lant, a species of Pandanus 
several speci S oranths or Mistletos and 
M 
which with fire-flies, shine brightly 
in the forests y nights. The Pitcher Pla 
found in great abundance on the tops of the moun- 
tains 
Black Fo rest bs the St. са River 
e species of Pandanus alluded to is vet ‘common 
in the Sey che Isla ty ‘and is a most singular tree, 
Its trun in diameter, often 
thicker at the top than at the bii he tree attains 
a height of 25 or 30 feet. Itis thick and bushy, 
pyramidal in outline, to the topit 
sends out numerous and large 
into the ground at all distances from the tree up to 
20 or 30 feet. One can wa ong them, and the 
tree is steadied i 
vented from being carried away b 
stays, rigging, &c. 
There are four or five species of Loranths atges 
og in Бес es. These e plants x nos 
n almost every kind of tree or shrub, the 
Tanghin and 97999 trees are emen covered 
with them. One them, which grows on t 
apucin, is Беу leaves, and another ipt cii, . 
Loranthus indicus, I think, de beautiful flowers. 
erns may also be menti ere. There are 
about seventy species "indigenous in m islands. 
scr ge of the species ery nu- 
he Tree Fein, — аьлге 
аса tree, is very abun ма, andes СЕ 
so also is Angiopteris evecta. Бов the s 
indsæa — which found only in 
e "Mer r ravin est and not the 
least beautiful. Some of the edicere are also very 
— — тею — et —À 
and two lovely Crinums. Ipomoeas are nu 
the flowers of some of the species are very pretty. 
The two Orchids are very common, so also i 
ego which bears larg 
lucida, b 
The 
AE Tm The 
e large, and delightfully fragrant. 
They are borne in umbels on lo pg родині, There 
are — fifteen to twenty ive flowers in the umbel 
or 
Neither the Balsam nor the Verbenaceous shrub is 
ch are borne in 
great gom on axillary spikes from 2 to 4 inches 
long. One several spikes rise or spring from an 
axil, pier. mang the leaves or below them. The 
wo Melastomads = ene growing shrubs, Manes 
are ex анон TRUE co They flower freely, а! 
эт г = PELA or r whitish purple pie are cad 
et 
Pr hen т how the Cashew-nut tree (Anacardium 
occidentale) was introduced, it would be Эсе к 
is now the most Prep cie tr in 
Бый Islands, growing almost everywhere, but 
most abundantly in pape y^ ys which have long 
lain waste. No use is made of its fruit, from which 
ЭЗ ad ii 
ри pem in 
& 
and "read (rom which it grows 
readily) over a the isla 
From the proxim T of Бе — Madagascar, 
and a similarity 0 of soil, &c., I expected to find the 
Raffia Palm of IP late car eam Ruffia), and the 
Traveller Trae (Unio Ravemsis ama agas ascariensis), 
Two or three of the latter were 
егу common, and were probabl 
troduced and рина for their utility. Many vi 
clumps of them were scen the forests, far. гаво 
mountains, bu pl 
there in order to mark the sites of boundary stones. 
There is no doubt a aan islands were once 
a 
в 
= 
а 
ибт parts of the mountains. 
ruthless hands of the destroyer have overtaken them, 
and fine trees are being fell 
V 
= wed to rot on ber has 
imported to supply the wants of the builder. 
Little respect is paid to either the mountain or river 
reserves, 
Another subject which I would desire to bring 
otice ch f the Coco de Mer 
vine, in Praslin, and its conservation d i р 
tion by Government lants of the de 
re to be found in various parts of Praslin and 
Curieuse, but I can conceive of no more antediluvian 
oki х 
s conservation would fit "be altogether 
nuts are worth each from 2s. to 47. 
planted on all Government reserves in Mahé, in, 
and Félicité If the ravine could not be purchased, I 
would suggest'its being some other 
portion of Crown land. К? Horne, Sub- Director. 
Law Notes. 
A DISPUTE BETWEEN A GROWER AND A SALE 
MAN, —KNIPP v. PAINE ed his was an action roa 
by a gardener and grower 
the price of a loa 
the Lacu 
The plain ntiff called his carman, roved the 
delivery of the T to the defendant, who accepted 
the same at his stand in the Borough Market. This 
twenty years. e 
which were had = tirant s 
surprised when he received a йочат Cones 
forthem. The 
