a variety of beautiful scenery on this fine estate, covering
about 1,500 acres, that I am not surprised to find
people willing to spend their best years in plantation
life, although 150 miles away from a large town
whence a doctor might be procured.
Here we have the old virgin forest, so dense with
jungle, that it is difficult and often impossible to
penetrate. Trees 100 to 150 feet high, covered with
magnificent foliage, and many producing exquisite
flowers, as the
Bastard Teak (Gombretum): Long scarlet spikes,
hanging down in clusters ; leaves large and
ragged. (Plate VIII.)
Dhak tree or Palas Kino (Butea frondosa) : A
splendid sight when covered with racemes
of butterfly-like, deep orange-coloured
flowers. The twigs yield a resinous Lac,
the secretion of an insect. (Plate IX.)
Moordilla (Barringtonia speciosd) : Flowers consisting
of nearly a hundred crimson and
yellow stamens. (Plate X.)
Indian Coral tree (Erythrina indica): Long spikes
of splendid scarlet flowers, red seeds like
coral. (Plate XI.)
Pagoda tpee (.Plumieria acuminata): A handsome
tree, bearing bouquets of white lily-shaped BASTARD TEAK. ^C om brelunv.)
JO. 126.