244 
II. Species cultivated or planted, or obviously introduced, seen in 1889 
and 1890 7iot present in 1866. 
Names of Species. 
Remarks. 
Anona reticulata Linn. 
125 Garcinia Mangostana Linn. 
Camellia tlieifera Griff, 
Hibiscus esculentus Linn. 
H. Sabdariffa Linn. 
Durio Zibethinns DO. 
130 Swietenia Mabogani Linn, 
S. macrophylla King. 
*Nephelium Litchi Camb. 
Phaseolas trilobus Ait. 
Bauliinia acuminata, Linn. 
135 Poinciana regia Boj, 
Brownea, several varieties. 
Amherstia nobilis Wall. 
Tamarindus indica Linn. 
Saraca indica Linn. 
140 Pitbecolobium dulce Benth. 
P. Saman Benth. 
Cultivated. 
Cultivated and doing well. 
Systematically cultivated as one of the indus¬ 
tries of the Settlement 5 the tea produced is of 
excellent quality. 
Cultivated in gardens. 
Cultivated by convicts. 
Cultivated. 
Planted. 
Planted and thriving well, does much better 
than the true mahogany. 
Cultivated but with poor results. 
Cultivated by convicts, but also very common in 
waste places as a weed. 
Cultivated, but also appearing spontaneously. 
(K.) 
Planted. 
Planted. 
Planted and thrives very well. 
Planted. 
Planted. 
Planted as a shade-tree and also trimmed as a 
hedge; many seedlings appearing sponta¬ 
neously. 
Planted very generally; does well on roadsides 
and on ground too indiscriminately cleared— 
which few native species will.^ 
* Fithecolohium Saman, the Rain-tree, a native of the West Indies, Central 
America, Venezuela and Guiana, though yielding a timber useless except as firewood 
is nevertheless a valuable tree. It is a fast-growing and easily-raised species and, if 
planted along with more valuable kinds, forms an effective nurse for these during 
the earlier years of their growth. It also yields a valuable crop of sweet pulpy pods 
greedily eaten by cattle. It is said, moreover, to improve the quality of land encrust¬ 
ed with reh inflorescence. The following girth measurements of 13 trees in the 
Botanic Garden, Calcutta, will give some idea of the rate at which the species grows. 
The measurements in every case are taken at 60 inches fi'om the surface of the soil 
—the trees measured were not selected (except No. 13 which was added as being the 
largest in the whole line) but were contiguous trees 
College avenue. 
January 1890. 
The trees all date from 1876 5 the 
in the road known as the 
measurements were made in 
No. 
1. 
ft. 
5 
in. 
H 
No 8. 
ft. 
5 
in. 
1 
2. 
6 
4 
„ 9. 
5 
4 
3. 
6 
4 
„ 10. 
6 
7 
4. 
5 
7 
„ 11. 
7 
3 
5. 
7 
5 
12. 
5 
Hi 
6. 
7 
6 
„ 13. 
8 
3 
>> 
34 
7 . 
6 
lOi 
average girth 
6 
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