The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . the ground, have a peculiar effect. Passing out of the forest into some open space,either a river-course or a glade, the edge of the forestas seen from here presents a very diflcrent will suppose ourselves to look at it from someriver. The character of the riverside vegetation withinreach of the tide differs somewhat from that whichprevails in the higher parts. Generally in the formerparts the true forest does not extend to the open river,but between the two a belt of Mangrove trees (Rhi-zop
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . the ground, have a peculiar effect. Passing out of the forest into some open space,either a river-course or a glade, the edge of the forestas seen from here presents a very diflcrent will suppose ourselves to look at it from someriver. The character of the riverside vegetation withinreach of the tide differs somewhat from that whichprevails in the higher parts. Generally in the formerparts the true forest does not extend to the open river,but between the two a belt of Mangrove trees (Rhi-zophora Mangle) stands, raised higli above the mudflat on aerial roots, except where in one or two placesa projecting spur of the higher real bank runs outabove the mud, through the Mangroves, into theriver, these banks being clothed by a dwarf Palm(Baetris) so densely packed that the bold featheredleaves completely hide the stems, and the whole looklike high swelling banks of Fern leaves. In theshallow water of the bays between these banks andthe lines of Mangroves numbers of Eucharis-like. Fig. 123.—acacia disease, (see p. 6SS.; stem buds out from the base of the original stem,and this happens again and again until the wholegroup, or plant, perhaps consists of a dozen stems ofvarious ages. And as the number of the stemsincreases, more and more supporting roots are sentout, and these in time get welded into a great mass,and gradually push up the crown, which carries thestems far into the air. Because of their most featheryfoliage and the grouping of the slender stems eachclump of these Palms is a thing of exquisite beauty,and the swamp in which many of these clumpsstand as islands has none of the solemnity of the/Eta or Troolie swamp, but is rather full of light andcheerfulness. A much rarer Palm, which also sometimes growsin considerable quantity in swamps within the forest,though hardly ever entirely occupying such places, isthe Booba (Iriartea exorrhiza). It grows so oftensc
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