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Sissoo. 



Logwood, 



American sumach. 



Bourbon and New Orleans Cotton. 



Madagascar plum. 



Nam nam 



Leetchee 



Cape Cabbage. 



Travellers tree, 



Date. 



Dwarf Cocoanut. 



Double pomegranate. 



Various species of Stramonium,, 



Do. Plumbago. 



Do. Hoses. 



Do. Plantains and Bananas. 



Teak. 



Myrtle ; with numerous ornamental plants. 



For these I am chiefly indebted to Mr. Dyke, Agent for 

 the Province; to his Assistant Mr. Twynam ; to Mr. Thwaites, 

 Superintendent of the Royal Botanical Gardens, and to 

 A. Y. Adams, Esq., of Petoola. 



Of all these before mentioned plants, the natives are encou- 

 raged to take seeds, slips or roots. 



Produce or' District. 



The staple product of the District is Paddy, grown in the 

 manner usual throughout the low country, that is, in low, gen- 

 tly sloping lands, irrigated from artificial tanks, some of which 

 are many miles in extent. 



Each village is settled by a little colony, headed by two or 

 more leaders or elders, called Gamerales, 



