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1894 
April 5 
Caur a 
After early breakfast and a d.elicious bath in the 
river pool below the house Lichfold and I started up 
the mule trace which we took yesterday. On that occasion 
we marked a pomarack tree on the mountain side about half 
a mile from the house at which Hummers were feeding in 
great numbers. This tree, the proper name of which is 
Malacca Apple, is not indigenous to Trinidad but came 
originally from the East. I have seen perhaps a dozen 
specimens in the Coura Valley but none elsewhere. When 
in full bloom, as they are at present, they are by far the 
most beautiful of all the tropical trees which I have 
thus far seen. They have long, rather narrow bright green 
leaves which are as highly polished as if they were coated 
with varnish. These leaves grow chiefly at or near the 
ends of the twigs and branches whereas most of the flowers 
are attached to the stouter portions of the branches 
along which they are disposed in crowded clusters. Each 
flower is of about the size and somewhat the general 
shape and character of a small thistle or still more like 
the flower of the blazing star. Its color is the 
deepest and richest possible rose red. This description 
fails utterly to give any idea of the wonderful beauty 
