TECTONA GRANDIS. Linn.
Segun, . . . . BENG. Saga, . . . . Mann.
Ky-won, . . . RM. Jati, . . . MALAY.
Jaadi, CAN. Tekka, MALIAL, Teak tree, . . . ENO. Tek maram, . . TAM.
Sagwan, . . HIND. Teku, Teku chettu, TEL.
Sbalduna . of JIMBEILPUR. Fetid& teku, . . . „ The places of growth and the character of the timber of this tree are noticed under Teak. The teak tree is of rapid growth, and the trunk grows erect, to a vast height, with copioua spreading brauchea In 25 years the teak attains the size of two feet diameter, and is considered service able timber, but it requires 80 years to arrive at inattirity. A forest patch•of teak, when in full bloom, has much the appearance of a field of npe corn when viewed from a distance, with a few spots of green interspersed ; by this appearance the native hill people discover the trees of teak, and at one season cut around their roots to prevent the sap from aiscending the next year: The persons who work the forests of teak on the sides of the hills are thus able at a distance to dis tinguish the trees from the others. Mr. Conolly, alxint the year 1848, commenced planting teak seeds in Malabar, and since then additional land has been occupied by teak plantations. As the best method of rearing young trees, take a layer of fresh stable manure, three inches to be first strewed over the bottom of the trench, then four inches of decaying leaf-mould, then:one inch of Wood-ashes, and over this about six inches of a light sandy soil. The fine silt from the bed of a tank is the best. The seeds of some trees, like the tamarind and nim, sprout most readily when put in very thickly in handfuls -at two inches from the surface. Some trees come up in three or four
days, others in ten or twelve, while a few appear to have a particular month for coming up, and they' remain in the ground without germinating till a particular season. This. has been remarked with the Adansonia and teak. It may occur with other trees. A good mode of rearing the teak tree is to steep the nuts in writer for 36 hours, then sow them in holes four inches apart and half an inch under the surface, covering the beds with straw so as to prevent evaporation, and gently watering them every evening. The seeds sprout in from four to eight weeks. Teak does not frequently spring up under shade. The pre ,valence of . other trees, therefore, over teak is a great hindrance to the growing up of seedlings in sufficient quantity to replace those -trees that have been removed. Young teak is not injured by elephants. It belongs to a family of plants, -Verbenacem, that affords no fodder for animals ; and Dr. Falconer satisfied himself, in passing re .peatedly through forests infested with wild ele phants, that they do not cause the slightest injury to young teak.
Tectona Hamiltonia, TVall., Ta-hut, Ta-nap, This species of teak grows on the banks of the Irawadi, at Segaen, Prome, Ava, and at the foot of Taong-Dong, and, from native descriptions, Dr. Mason imagines it is found ka the province of Yay. It flowers in March ; its wood is inferior to that of T. grandis.— Drs. Roxburgh, Wight; Falconer, Mason, 111`Clell., Gibson, Cleghorn, Stewart, and Brandis; Mr. Rohde; Mr. Earl ; Mr. O'Riley.