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jicred to boating and fishing, and still another section is reserved 

 as a wild garden. Provision is made for keeping the lake well 

 stocked with fish by means of hatcheries and nurseries, many 

 thousands of fish being turned out annually. Victoria park is 

 situated on the opposite side of the city, and offers many 

 attractions. In both places specimens of Paulownia imperialis 

 were seen in flower. 



Swansea is well endowed with parks, although their acreage is 

 not large. These parks are widely spread over the town, and are in 

 most cases of easy access by means of electric trams. Several are 

 delightfully situated and both climate and soil are alike suitable for 

 the successful cultivation of many semi-tender trees and shrubs, 

 such as are cultivated out-of-doors in Devon, Cornwall and other 

 favoured localities. Unfortunately the systematic upkeep of the 

 parks has only been given serious attention for three or four years 

 past and, although much has been done since the appointment of 

 a general superintendent, there will be several years of hard work 

 before they can be expected to do themselves justice. During the 

 last two or three winters a considerable amount of work has been 

 • lone in the formation of rose gardens, shrubberies, lawns, a 

 rockery, tennis courts, bowling greens, &c. If the present ideas 

 of gradually replacing worn-out specimens of common shrubs 

 with those of a more interesting nature are carried out, together 

 with the formation of a good herbaceous collection, Swansea will 

 have good reason to be proud of her parks in the near future. 



LX.-ZAPUPE FIBRE PLANT. 



In continuation of the note published in the Kew Bulletin, 



2°.;. : 1 ^ 6 ' P" 100 ' the following report by Mr. L. J. Nunn, 

 British Vice-Consul at Vera Cruz, Mexico, which we have 

 received through the courtesy of the Under Secretary of State for 

 the Colonies, is of considerable interest, 



♦fc'w 1 s "? g ^ ted that z apupe might be profitably introduced into 

 the west Indies and other tropical colonial stations, but at present, 



A ale We ^ StiH ignorant of the specific identity of this 



A small plant, grown from one of the bulbils referred to in the 

 previous note, is making good growth in the gardens. 



Letter from the British Vice-Consul, Vera Cruz, Mexico, to 



L. J. Jerome, Esq., His Majesty's Consul, Mexico. 



Vera Cruz, 

 SlR June 20th, 1907. 



cnltiv^n'ri^V h ^ inCrea8ingattention that is being given to the 

 respects Vn* « pupe ' * fibre -P r °^ing plant similar in most 



Such welhh t 5 en T en ° r Hisal ll,m '< the «>«™ of S0 

 TnnLl wJ +u u Planters of Yncata ^ I »»™ the honour to 

 transmit herewith a short report on its cultivation and uses, more 



