Travels in Peru and India by Sir Clements R. Markham
9. _Dolichos lablab_, or _bulla_, a twining plant of which there are
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several varieties. The seeds are much eaten by the poorer classes when
rice is dear, and are reckoned a wholesome substantial food. Cattle are
very fond of the stalks. One variety, with white flowers, is cultivated
in gardens, supported on poles, forming arbours about the doors of
houses. The pods are eaten, but not the seeds.
[Illustration: Cereals.]
[497] Built in 1749 by the Peishwa Balajee Bajee Rao.
[498] "The cultivation of the chinchona-trees may succeed in localities
not appearing to offer exactly the same conditions regarding climate
and the general character of the country as are peculiar to their
native forests."--_Report by Dr. Brandis_ (Supplement to the _Calcutta
Gazette_, August 31, 1861), p. 467.
[499] "Mr. McIvor deserves great credit for the manner in which he
has laid out the garden. It is both a beautiful pleasure-ground, and
a valuable public institution for the improvement of indigenous, and
the naturalisation of foreign plants; and it has been formed from the
commencement by Mr. McIvor, with great industry and artistic skill, out
of a rude ravine."--_Minute by Sir Charles Trevelyan_, Feb. 24th, 1860.
[500] _Cleghorn_, p. 318.
[501] _Cleghorn_, p. 180 and 359.
[502] I have supplied Mr. McIvor with the following works on the
chinchona-plants:--
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