Sentol, Sandoricmn indicum, and Kechapi, S. radiatuw, 
Both very similar trees, are very suitable roadside trees. They 
grow fairly fast, straight and tall, are long-lived and seldom 
break, nor do they make much litter. They seem but little li- 
able to parasites or epiphytes. They are well-known as fruit 
trees, though the fruit is poor, and not used by Europeans. 
The Kechapi is distinguished easily from the Sentol by its 
downy leaves, which are, glabrous in the latter. Both are grown 
from seed. 
Mangc, Mangifera-indica . — Needs only to be mentioned as a 
tree to be avoided as a shade tree. It is very liable to the at- 
tacks of a boring caterpillar and to other leaf-eating ones, so 
that it almost always looks shabby, and the boughs die and break 
off, 
Kurrimia PANIctiLATAis a very fine tree with large deep green 
leaves and possesses all the qualities suited for a roadside tree 
except that if is of very slow growth. 
Mimusops elengi Poko Tanjong. — This tree grows very well 
along roadsides but it is rather a low tree, though bushy. It 
grows fast from seed and b a strong wooded tree, seldom attacked 
by parasites, and lasting long. Its deep green leaves and starry 
white sweet-scented flowers make it very attractive. It is better 
suited perhaps to shade narrow roads in gardens rather than 
main roads on account of its heigh t. 
Cananga odorata, Kenanga. — Is a tall fast growing tree at- 
taining a height of sixty feet, and usually possessing a clean 
straight stem. Though a somewhat soft-wooded tree it is not 
brittle and does not drop large branches, nor though its leaves 
are fairly large does it make much litter on the ground. It is 
especially suitable for damp ground, though it will readily grow 
almost anywhere. It is but little attacked by parasites nor 
owing to its smooth bark do epiphytic plants infest it It has also 
the merit of having very sweet-scented flowers, which give a 
pleasing odour in the evening. Ii is readily raised Lom seed. 
Ru-tree, Casuarina equiseti folia, Forst. — Though ^ ropular 
tree is hardly suited for the roadside, being very liable tt> drop 
its branches and being very unsafe from this cause. It is raised 
from seed and is of rapid growth, but seldom grows really well 
except near the sea. In fact in the wild state it invariably grows 
along the seashore just above the beach and usually in a single 
line, never going further inland. It is seldom attacked by para- 
sites or epiphytes, but the boughs often die away and fall in a 
gale. 
PARA RUBBER NOTES. 
Some planters seem to have experienced difficulty in germi- 
nating the seeds of the Para rubber satisfactorily. This appears 
to be due in some cases to their having planted them too deep 
