— 88 
(Ficus Indira) Arbrc de l’Intendance, (Ficus Xitida) tlio India 
Rubber tree (Ficus Fdastica) the Peepul (Ficus Religiosa); 
there are also the Ficus Terebrata, and tlie Jack (Artocarpus 
Tntegrifolia) but there are some of the Leguminosne order 
which are scarcely inferior, and of those the Tamarind is ccr* 
tainly among the chief. 
I do not know whether it will prove a benefit or the re- 
verse that some of our fruit trees are admirably adapted for the 
purpose in view. When they attain maturity there will be a 
certain amount of destruction in spite of all precautions, 
of the fruit, but this is a risk which is unavoidable. On 
account To the Tamarinds and Jacks already mentioned, may be 
added the Mango and Lit chi, both admirable for shade, and 
when in flower, for beauty and the former for fragance. The 
Longan falls under the same category. 
In considering the general effects of the grouping of co- 
lour of leaves and flowers, the first thing to be kept in view is 
that the picture is on a great scale. So it is ac c ordingly more 
scene-painting than picture painting that is wanted, those 
broad and striking effects which modern paiuters seek to ob- 
tain by laying aside the brush, and trying a little smearing with 
the thumb on their expanded canvass. The only difficulty is 
our “ embarras de richesse.” The Flamboyant, the Colvillia 
and the Lila's have already been mentioned as flowering trees, 
that is, trees whose flowers are striking, because the Tamarind 
for example has a very beautiful flower but it is too delicate to 
be effective, or indeed of any use, in the grouping of colour. 
Put the flowers of the great trees, with the exception of the 
Flamboyant and Lagcrstroemia Regia (la Reine des Govavicrs 
flours) arc too short lived perhaps to be the basis of that special 
