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The Lai Bagh contains many really magnificent trees, 
including very large specimens of the Mango^ Mangifera 
indica^ the Mysore Fig, Ficus mysorensis^ the Java Fig, Ficus 
henjimini^ the Cunningham Fig, Ficus cunninghami^ and 
Spathodea companulatci. In India one sees from time to 
time interesting examples of the way in which various species 
of fig trees grow as parasites on trees of other genera; in 
the Lai Bagh I noted a Ficus rhumphyi growing in an Awda 
Tree, Fhyllanthus emhlica ; and a Pipul, Ficus religiosa^ 
growing in a Feronia elephantum. In the Mysore Zoological 
Garden were two Pipul Trees each growing in Neem Trees, 
Melia azadirachta, and at Quilon in Travancore I noted a 
Ficus of some species growing in a Casuarina. 
There is a fine collection of bamboos, representing several 
genera and many species in the Lai Bagh, and in one of the 
tanks the pink flowered variety of the Sacred Lotus, Nelum- 
hium speciosum^ flourishes. 
This lovely old garden, with its rich vegetation, makes of 
course a pleasant home for wild birds, which form one of its 
attractions ; particularly noticeable in April were the Eed- 
whiskered Bulbuls, Otocompsa emeria subsp. incert., large 
numbers of Yellow Wagtails, Motacilla jiava subsp, incert., 
Bee-eaters, Merops vlridis, Hoopoes, Opupa indica^ and 
merry Parrakeets of the genus Palaeornis. 
About a mile and a half north of the Lai Bagh, in the 
Cubbon Park, is the Bangalore Museum, also supported by 
the Mysore Government, and in charge of Mr. Krumbiegel. 
It is a fine building and contains an interesting zoological 
collection. 
