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astomacee@ ; at 8,000 feet the first tree ferns are met, the timber 
trees become quite large and Begonias make their appearance. 
“From this point the vegetation begins to assume a really trop- 
ical aspect. We find many species of Calceolaria, Fuchsia and 
Amaryllidacee, while the varicty of orchids and ferns is quite 
bewildering. At 6,500 feet we see the first palms, and the for- 
est trees become buttressed giants, staggering under their loads 
of vines, and climbing aroids and ferns, and their branches cov- 
ered with Bromeliacee and orchids.” 
Among the cultivated plants of the coca-districts, Dr. Rusby 
mentions coffee, rice, sugar cane, tobacco, maize, cotton, sweet 
potatoes and the ordinary garden vegetables. Of fruits, there 
are oranges, bananas, cocoanuts, lemons, citrons, grapes, pome- 
granates, figs, melons, pineapples, and several others peculiar to 
the region. He is of the opinion that the coca is adapted for cul- 
ture in many countries, and suggests Guatemala, Mexico, the 
East and West Indies, India, and possibly southern Italy. . 
Jamaica presents especially promising conditions. It is doubtful 
if it would grow in any portion of the United States. Several 
years since a small quantity of seeds, were successfully germinated — 
in Ceylon, and during the past season the first products were 
sold in London at a high price. : 
Council Tree of the Senecas at Geneva, N. Y. (Gard. Month. 
xxviii., (1886), pp. 49-51.) 
The Editor of the Gardener’s Monthly gives an interesting — 
account of this noble. elm, part of which is yet standing on the ~ 
Old Castle farm, owned by the heirs of Mr. Jerome Lewis. It 
is, in fact, a double tree, the two parts branching just above the — 
ground. Measurements made on Augpst 21, 1879, gave the 
following: trunk, just above the ground, but near the crown of 
the roots, 25 feet; two feet above the last measurement, or about 
three feet above the ground, 21 feet, 3 inches; trunk of west 
branch, 13 feet, 6 inches; east branch, 15 feet, 2 inches, the last 
two measurements being five feet from the ground. Under the > 
eastern edge of the tree is a large stone, deeply imbedded in the — 
ground; this has a hollow scooped out towards one end, and 
was probably used by the Indians for pounding corn in, and is | 
in the same place where it was used and left by them. A cut 
