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NELLORE MANUAL.

General aspect. — Timber and other forest trees. - Sriharikota jungleg.---System of lease. Memorandum by Dr. Cleghorn.- Firewood reserves. — Planting and reserve experiments in Nellore.-- Pasturage. — List of jungle trees. - Government topes.- Nurseries.- Avenues. Village topes. — Private topes. - Agricultural products. - Gram, oil seeds, pulses.--Horticulture. — Horticultural Society of Nellore. - European horticulture. - Native flowers, vegetables, fruits. — Dyes.—Fibres.-- Medicinal drugs. - Miscellaneous vegetable products.

general aspect of the Nellore District is barren and uninteresting, large trees being only found near villages, while there are immense tracts which present to the eye nothing but stunted jungle. The Veligonda range of hills separates the district on the western side from Cuddapah and Kurnool, where wood of a large size grows abundantly. Throughout the district the margosa ( Azadirachta Indica ) flourishes peculiarly well on the laterite soil, and with the different species of the ficus ( Indica Tsiela, Religiosa ), the tamarind ( Tamarindus Indica ), the acacias (Arabica speciosa ), and the mango (Mangifera Indica) form the principal trees we find in village topes and now selected for planting as avenues along the sides of the public roads. The price of timber in the district is high. It has been proposed to establish a Government timber depôt at Nellore, bringing the wood down the river Pennair from the Nallanaddis at the time of the freshes. The price of teak chiefly brought from Madras is about Rupees 2-2-0 per square foot in logs and other woods about Annas 12 a square foot. . (Large jungle wood posts 16 for Rupees 4, small jungle wood posts 20 for Rupee 1.)

The following is a list of the principal timber trees to be found in the district :-

No. 1

Telngu Name. Adavinimma

Adaviteku ...

Botanical Name. ...

Remarks.

Atalantia monophyl. Wild lime. - Small tree ; wood hard , la. heavy, close -grained, yellow, and

Tectona grandis ...

suitable for cabinet work. Country teak. - Wood very

hard ;

never attacked by white -ants ; easily worked ; very durable. 3

Alli

Memecilon capitella- Extreme height 25 feet ; circumfer. tum.

ence of trunk 2 feet ; height from

ground to first branch 8 feet; used for building purposes. 5

Anduga Are or Ari

Boswellia glabra Bauhinia racemosa

The wood is small, of white color ;

the heart wood is exceedinglyhard and fine, and adapted for fancy work and cabinet making.