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feet), kniphofias ("■ red-liot pokers"), violets, buttercups, •clover, forget-me- 

 nots, hypericums, geraniums. 



A great many of the trees and jjlants of the Uganda Protectorate would 

 be ornamental additions to our gardens and conservatories. As many of the 

 plants come from lofty regions subject to occasional low temperatures, not a 

 few of them would apparently stand cultivation in England in the open air. 

 I certainly hope that the magnificent Erythrina (of which I have sent a 

 number of seeds to Kew) may be introduced into cultivation, if it be not 



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already known. It is sufficiently illustrated in this book not to need any 

 further description. There is also the handsome Acanthus arboreiis, 

 illustrated in this book. The commonest species of this fine shrub has 

 blossoms of a beautiful mauve pink, but there is another species (^4. eiiiinensy 

 that is never found below 8,000 feet, and seems to lie confined in its range 

 to the Nandi Plateau, the flowers of which are equally large and of a vivid 

 ultramarine blue. The extraordinary lobelias of the Alpine regions would 

 make handsome additions to our ornamental plants, and they should thrive 

 well in a cold, moist climate. Some of the ipomoeas (convolvuluses) and 

 solanums of high mountains which grow as creepers with large flower- 



