THE HOPE BOTANICAL GARDENS. 



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Fig. ^2. Administration Building. The tree at the right is a Guango. 



selves are small and inconspictious and the showiness is due to 

 colored leaves or bracts. 



Let tis now make an orderly round of the grounds beginning" 

 with the collection of cacti, which is sure to catch the eye from 

 the main entrance. Here are gathered examples of the " dildoe " 

 {Opuiifia Szcarfcii) which is extremely common on the south 

 side of the island ; the spinv opiuitia (O. spiiiosissima) ; the climb- 

 ing cereus (C friaiii:;iilaiis) which is frequent as an epiphyte; and 

 other species of cereus, Alelocactus, Mamillaria, Agave, Euphor- 

 bia, Gasteria and other succulents. Near the cacti is a showy 

 and interesting plant, Xoraitfca Giiiaiiciisis, a native of Trinidad 

 and Demerara. With foliage somewhat like that of the man- 

 grove, this plant has long racemes of flowers which are them- 

 selves very inconspicuous but are subtended by long honey-sacs 

 of a bright orange-red hue, constituting in color and contents 

 very efficient organs of attraction for insects. Here are some 

 native trees of interest, — notably the lace-bark {Lagcfta linfcaria) 

 endemic to Jamaica, the inner bark of which is capable of being 



