What I carried away was a memory of the blue above, the gliding river below, hot sun and stillness, and the hum of a large, irridescent black beetle that went blundering through scarlet poinsettia leaves into the white, scented blossoms of a leafless, grey-stemmed champak tree.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch
Lovely lanes of palm and banana, brightened by trees of crimson poinsettia, wind upward to the hills, and a cluster of green islets gems the blue waters; the scarlet-stemmed Banka palm offering a glowing contrast to the sweeping emerald of the feathery fronds.
"Through the Malay Archipelago"
Emily Richings
Each little garden flames with red poinsettia, purple convolvulus, and yellow daisies.
"Through the Malay Archipelago"
Emily Richings