THE DELL PATH 
This is the path which curves round the lower end of the Lake, and passes along its western side to end in the DelL 
The Lawn through which it runs is known as Lawn F ; it was a paddock for deer before its planting in 1890. It is 
now one of the chief homes in the Gardens of the family Leguminosae ; but on account of the suitability of the 
waterside for certain trees, space has been found in it for other plants. Upon the dam of the Lake is a young tree of 
the beautiful Ficus irregularis ; and a little further on is a large tree of the Bengal Almond, TerminaUa Catappaf whose 
falling red leaves, when their appearance coincides with the opening of the lilac flowers of an adjoining Jacaranda 
ovalifolia, make a beautiful effect. The latter is a native of southern Brazil and the Argentine. The Bengal Almond is 
one of the few trees in the Gardens which exhibit the phenomenon, so familiar in temperate climates, of reddening 
autumn leaves. Its seeds are delicious to eat, but are hard to extract from their fibrous covering. Near it is a small 
pandan, and then a vigorous 
tree of Adinohotrys atropur- 
pureus. Just beyond these is 
a group of young trees, con- 
taining the Chaulmugra of 
Assam, or Gynocardia odorata, 
the Kalaw of Burma, or 
Taraktogenos Kurziif Hydno- 
carpus castanea of the Malay 
Peninsula, and the Krabao 
of Siam, or Hydnocarpus 
anthelminthica. These trees 
carry in their seeds chaul- 
mugric acid, which is a 
remedy for leprosy. 
On the bank of the 
Lake is a young double 
coconut palm, Lodoicea 
seychellarum. 
The following members of 
the family Leguminosse are repre- 
sented upon the Lawn : — (i) Adino- 
botrys atropurpureus, a tree of the 
LODOICEA SEYCHELLAaUM, the double-coconut. 
[Pftofo fty Lee Bros. 
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