54 FOREST TREES. 



Seedlings grow into fine shapely trees but the oper- 

 ations of budding and grafting will no doubt im- 

 prove the quality of fruit. Irrigable land should be 

 chosen for a plantation, as the trees are apt to 

 suffer from long periods of drought. They 51so 

 require lots of manure during the rainy season. 

 Plant seedlings or grafts in large pits, at 25 to 30 

 feet apart. 

 121 l^eronia Elephantum, Coeeea. Kan. Bel, Belada, 



Belal. 



Fig— Wight Ic. t, 15. BoL Plates Lal-Bagh Col- 

 lection, 

 References, — Brandis For. Fl. ; Diet, of Ecqw 

 Prod, oflnd. 

 The elephant or wood-apple tree. Wild and 

 cultivated in all the drier parts of the province. 



A deciduous tree of medium size, armed with 

 strong spines. 



"Well known for its fruit which is an article of 

 universal consumption, the acid pulp being eaten 

 raw and, more rarely, in the form of jelly. 



Wood yellowish, close-grained, hard and durable ; 

 weighs 50 lb. per cubic foot. Used for house- 

 building and for agricultural implements. Th4 

 bark yields a white transparent gum which forms 

 part of the East Indian gum Arabic of commerce. 

 Cultivation. — Raise from seed and plant in 

 any ordinary soil at 20 feet apart. If planted during 

 the early rains the seedlings will require little more 

 attention. 



122>flEgle Marmelos, CoEBBA. ^aw. Bilpatre,Bilvapatre, 

 Bilpatri. 



■pig.— Wight Ic. 1. 16. Bedd. FL Sylv. t. 161. 



References —PAarm. Ind. ; Diet, of Econ, Prod, 

 of Ind. 

 The bael-fruit tree. Commonly met with 

 throughout the province, and held in the highest 



