THE TECHNOLOGIST. [April 1, 1864. 



414 THE EXTENSION OF 



Serissa Ceylanica, Thw. — Dysodidendron, of Gardner, is a fetid wood, 

 but must not be confounded with the "Guraenda" elsewhere given. 



Canthium didymum, Gaert. " Poruwa-mara," S. — A common, but 

 small and curved tree. 



Timonius Jambosella, Thw. — A common tree, likely to be a useful 

 timber. 



Of the genus Coffea we have two species, and a doubtful one, indi- 

 genous to Ceylon, and I have seen trees of the real coffee plant in the 

 forests of Deltotte, upwards of 20 feet high, and 3 to 4 inches in 

 diameter, with a hard, white, close-grained wood. These were escapes 

 from the coffee estates of course. 



Ixora paroiflora, Vahl. " Maha-ratambala," S. " Soowen-dee 

 Cuttay, and Karan Cutta) r ," T. — A small sized tree, wood employed 

 for beams and posts, but its chief use is for " chules " or torches, as it 

 burns readily, and is thus used by travellers at night in India — it is 

 hence called the torch-tree. 



Scgphostachys coffeoides, Thw. " Wat-kopec," S. — Produces a close 

 grained white wood, used at Galle for inlaying. 



Stylocoryne Webera, A. Rich. " Tarana," S. — Produces an exceed- 

 ingly hard and tough wood, much used for fences, hurdles, &c. 



Griffithia Gardneri,T\\w. " Atu-kaetiya," S. — A small, handsome, 

 flowering tree, produces an ordinary timber. 



Gardenia latifolia, Ait. " Gallis-gas or Lakada-tarana," S. — A 

 small tree, with wood nearly equal to box-wood. 



Wendlandia Notoniana, Wall. " Rawan or Rawen Iddala," S. — A 

 tall shrub or very small tree ; used for common house buildings ; very 

 durable under ground. The sticks make excellent fences. 



(To be continued.) 



THE EXTENSION OP TEA PLANTATIONS IN INDIA. 



There is no culture, perhaps, that is occupying more attention just 

 now amongst European capitalists in India than tea. 



A very useful report was addressed to the Madras Government in 

 1860, by Dr. Cleghorn, the Conservator of Forests, on the suitability of 

 various places in that Presidency to the growth of the tea plant, from 

 which we make the following extracts : 



" I have found it impossible, owing to my other engagements, to visit 

 the tea plantations at Caldoorty and Udagiri. I regret this, as the 

 vegetation of that part of the Travancore territory is most luxuriant, 

 and the lofty ranges stretching towards the Pulnies have been less 

 explored than any other part of the Malabar Ghats. 



