MYRISTICA FRAGRANS, tPAofo by R. E. Holtimi. 
the Nutmeg tree. 
valuable than fresh resin. On the same Lawn, as already 
recorded, is a tree of Agathis vitiensis, Agathis yields 
Manila Copal ; and a glance shows what a very unlike 
tree it is. A little further on the visitor will see Hymenxa 
courbaril, which yields South American Copal. 
On the upper side of the road is Lawn D, which was 
allotted some years ago, with little success, to Australian 
plants ; many died, and there are left only Eucalyptus 
citriodora, Eucalyptus robusta, Grevillea robustaf Casuarina 
glaucUf Acacia auricul^eformiSf and two other Acacias. 
Of all the many Eucalypts tried in Singapore, E. robusta 
seems to be that which supports the climate most readily ; 
it is a coast tree in its home, never spreading far inland, 
but found all along the low country of New South Wales 
and in southern Queensland. E. intermedia or E, corymbosa, 
which, in suitability, is a good second to it, has the same 
range. It exists on Lawn J, Acacia auriculaeformis comes 
from the Torres Straits. 
If in flower, the beauty of Petrsea rugosa will strike 
the visitor. 
Below the road, Lawn C is planted with a variety of 
trees and shrubs, the trees at present mostly small ; but 
there is a very tall tree, towards the Main Gate, of 
Pometia pinnata. There are two grafted Rubber Trees 
from different selected trees, and a tree of Schinopsis 
Lorentziif the Quebracho of the Argentine. A Teak tree, 
Tectona grandis, has been planted, but it is small ; and, as 
Teak scarcely stands the climate, is not likely to become a 
large tree. 
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