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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. [Feb. i, 1894 
tlie neglect of this important branch of Arbori- 
culture is most deplorable, nor does our Sani- 
tarium present us with oruamental plauting 
of tbia class. It possesses the advantage of 
climate and soil in addition to these othei- 
two noticed above; and yet we look in vain for 
a specimen avenue in Ooiacamund. Cast your 
eye up or down the Churcb-bi l road, where 
something has been attempted by way of r> ad 
side planting, and what do you observe? Au 
heterogeneous collection of Cypreeses, Hilvtr 
Oiks, Blue pums. Oaks, AcucisH, Chestnuts, &c., 
mostly stunted and deformed, of ail ages bnu 
sizes and presenting the appearance ot patt 
neglect. The Cypress is of a habit of growth 
that disqualifies it for a road side tree, and >ei 
it was universally adopted, some twenty yearii 
ago, with the result that after frequent niu ilti- 
tion, it had to be rooleJ out. The crnument »iiou 
of our thoroughfares with avtnue trees is an 
undertaking not yet systematically attempted. 
It demands an eye to landscape effect, a ih ruugh 
knowledgj of vtgeiable growth, and au iniinia'.e 
Bcquainlance wun the species that uiU thiivA 
and make an ascertained tale cf growth iu our 
climate and soi'. We trust Government will leka 
this matter iu hand and have it carried out, 
either by the Garden or Forest amhoii ios which 
are the only ones that can lie reli< d upon for 
executing a set plan over a term of yeais. 
Again let us try to imagine the appearance of 
this town Brborically, if the Municipality sue- 
oeeda in adopting a policy of exiermioation 
against the ubiquitous b'ue gum. It appears 
tnat nothing io the way of tree growth will ba 
left and out hill sideB will be completely denuded. 
With an indefinite number of haodsome trees 
eBtablished in the gardens, how few are to ba 
found in the grounds of private reridences ? The 
Americans have among them what is styled an 
" Arbor Day." It is observed aa a public holi- 
day, and on that day it is incumbent on a very 
patriotic citizen to plant one tree at least with 
his own hand. If we were to introduce a similar 
holiday in Ootacamund, if not throughout the dis- 
trict, we should have from 12 to 15,000 orna- 
mental trees annually, and the whole area would 
be speedily covered. To reduce promi.scuous tree 
growth to order and ornament is au easy matter 
the rules and regulations for which may be left for 
considerfttion to a future day.— A'%i?-j News. 
TEA AND SCANDAL 
In "The Closet of the Eroinent Learned Sir 
Kenelme Digbie Opened," (1669), I Bnd at p. 155. 
• Tea and Eggs.' The Jesuite that came from China 
Anno 1664, told Mister Waller that there they use 
eometimes in this manner. To near a pint of the 
infusion take two yolks of new laid eggs and beat 
them very well with as much fine sugar as la snfli- 
cient for this quantity of liquor. When they are 
very well incorporated, poor your tea upon the eggs 
and sugar, and etir them well together. So drink it 
hot This is when you come home from attending 
business abroad and are very hnngry and yet have not 
convenience to eat presently a competent meal. This 
presently discusseth and satisdeth all rawness and 
indigence of the etomaob, flieth suddenly over the 
'whole body, and into the veins and strengtheoeth 
exceedingly, and preserves ooe a good while from 
necessity of eating. Mister Waller findeth all those 
effects of tea thus with eggs. In these parts he 
eaitb, we let the hot water remain too long soaking 
unon the tea, which makes it extract into itself the 
earthy parts of the herb. The water is to remain 
upon it no longer than whiles you can say the Jhserci; 
' Pialm very leisurely. Then pout it upon the sugar 
^1 stig»r ftuciefi^B; thUB yon b»vft ouiy the ^ir>ta»l 
parts of the tea, which is qinc)i more aative, 
pi-netrative aid friendly to iia'ore. Vou may (or 
this regard take a little more of the herb, about 
one dragm of ti a will serve fur a pint of watrr, 
which mnkes three or tinary draagbte." 
In John A«h'fl carions Dictionarr publi«bed in 179.'i, 
the following defioiiious are given: — Coco (an in- 
correct Bpellingj. The caoao or cocoa tree. Cocoa 
(in botany). A sppcies of the palm tree. And John 
Peohey, io " The Cumplete Herbal of Phyeical Plant* " 
(1631), mixes tbem up in a horrible mauoer. He 
says :—" Coconut Tree, in Latin /'alma Cocrifeia 
A liqaor is drawu from <liis trf-e called tsun, wiiirh 
iuioxicates like wine. It bath a pleasant sweet taste. 
An hot water or spirit indrawn from it bi disHllatio". 
bugar also and vinegar is made of i^. Pine polisbfxl 
' ups, tipped with silver, are made of the bark of it. 
The liquor, or wiue. is very good for rousumptionp 
A milk is drawn fram the keroels beat at d pressed 
without tbe help of fire, which is vtrf Kood f'lr 
killiog worms, eight oaoo.-fi of it l^eing taken in the 
morning with ii little salt. The liquor coLtained in 
the kernel extiui^uiHhea tbirat, curea fevcre, cleaiibM 
the eyes and tbe rkio, porifies the blood, purirea tbe 
stomach, relieves tbe breast, tastes pleasantly und 
yields a grcit nourinbD eot. It it said ef it that it 
is mtat, driiik and cloatb. Chocoltt is luade of it. 
It grows in the Spanish West Indies and lasts an 
hundred years." 
I thought Cacao was only a comparatively recent 
introduction into Ceylon \ But W. M- Harward, in 
"A Narrative of the E-abliebment uod Progress of 
the (Wesleyan) Mirsit n to Ceylon and India" 
(1823), says, at p. xiv : "Among tbe trees of Ceylot^ 
may be reckoned the Chocolate and Coffee trees. 
When mature in growth they are about the size of 
the English filbert tree " 
Daniel Defoe, at p. 154 of bia "Political Uiatory 
of the Devil" (1754), makes a very curious mittatus 
in Scripture relationship". He saya :— " He (tbe Devil) 
planteu envy in the hearts of Miriam and Aaron 
against the authority of Moecs to pretend Uol had 
spoken by them as well as by him, till be bambled 
the father and made a leper of the daughter." 
I am eojoyirg a leisurely read of Percival's Ceylon; 
but I am puzzled to know what he means by raying 
(p. 239) that •' When they (the Mahoudrews) go 
abroad , their rank and wealth eutiilei tbem to be 
carried in coolies or palankeens." Does be mean 
"doolies?" He also (p. 206) speaks of "the talipot 
books or tiles, called by the natives olioes " ; and bis 
spelling of coir is curious : " Coarse cloths and cali- 
coes were the chief articles thus imported by tbe 
Dutch, and in return they carried back areka and 
cocoa-nut!!, and co^a or cordage made from the 
cocoa-tree." (p. 78.) A. M. Febouson. 
COFFEE INVESTMENTS IN MYSORE. 
A young gentleman, Mr. Lucas, who has been 
learning his work under Mr. John Logan, our 
popular Volunteer-Msjur, has I believe bought Mr. 
iSanderson's — he of elephant catching fame — coffee 
estate iu tbe Chamrajnugur Taluk Mysore. He 
leaves in a few days to take it over. Mr. MoClaren 
has also bought land somewhere in the Mysore 
Province and will also be leaving shortly. Mr. 
Meenatchee Iyer's success at cofiee planting at 
Bangalore is already attracting the investment of 
English capital in land thereabouts. I hear that 
a Mr. Strickland of Munzerabad has bought up about 
200 acres under a tank somewhere near Bangalore, 
I and probably we will be soon bearing of others 
j following this example. In such good repute are 
j coffee investments just nowl and long may they 
I continue so ! — Xilgiri Neics, 
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1 DAEJEELINU DISTRICT NOTES. 
I {Frojn a Correspondent.) 
The destroying hailstorm a'so made itself very nn- 
pleaeant on one or two cccaeions. Seeyok garden 
w»i deprived of moii of i(e firat flash bj 
