206 HEDGES. 



Kefereace is now made, 1st, to the plants adapted for ordinary- 

 hedges ; and, 2d, to those more suited for inner garden fences, 

 or for ornamental purposes. Of these hedge plants some are 

 already in use, and there are others which appear equally well 

 fitted for fences. 



Inga Dtjlcis (Willd.), Sweet Inga. 



W. and A., pr. i. p. 268 ; Grah. Cat. Bom. pi. p. 56 ; Voigt. 

 Hort. Calc, p. 259 ; Wight. Icon. i. t. 198 ; Mimosa dulcis, 

 Roxb. Cor., pi. i. t. 99 ; Fl. Ind. ii. p. 556 ; Pithecolobium 

 dulce, Benth. in Lond. Jour, of Botany, ii. p. 423, &c. ; 

 Kuraka pulli, Tel. 



A large and handsome tree with dropping hranches, armed with 

 straight stipulary thorns. The introduction of this plant to 

 Asiatic countries has only lately heen traced. Roxburgh was of 

 opinion that it was a native of the Eastern islands, from whence 

 it was Drought to the Calcutta garden ; but in Blanco's Flora of 

 the Phillipine Islands, we find that it had been imported thither 

 from Mexico. It is now frequently met with, particularly towards 

 the coast. This plant, like its congeners, is easily raised from 

 seeds. The hedge, when clipped once in two months, forms a 

 neat and serviceable enclosure, a beautiful example of which may 

 be seen round the Horticultural Garden, Madras. In fact, it is 

 now the favourite hedge of S. India, where there is a proximity 

 to the sea, and not undue moisture. 



Bambusa Arundinacea (Willd.), Common Bamboo. 



Eoxb. Cor., pi. 1, t. 79 ; Fl. Ind. ii. p. 191 ; Grah. Cat. Bom., 

 pi. p. 239 ; Voigt. Hort. Calc, p. 719 ; Arundo Bamlos, L. 

 (partly) ; Bansh., Beng. 



The well-known tribe of arborescent grasses, called Bambusese, 

 constitutes one of the most beautiful features of tropical vegeta- 

 tion, and is expressive of buoyant lightness and flexible slender- 

 ness. In fact, the cheerful elegance and feathery appearance of 

 the bamboo are proverbial. The true bamboos are only found in 

 Asia ; the Guadua is the arborescent grass of South America ; 

 there are several species of Bambusa, well adapted for hedges, 



