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and 5 species of Pandanus, with 25 or 30 species or varieties 

 of Calladium — these last springing up like a weed in any 

 odd corner, even on the hard walks. There were, besides, 

 magnificent specimens of the great Bromeliad, Brocchinia 

 cordylinoides, a Eoraima plant, holding Utriadaria HumholcUii 

 in the water gathered in the axils of its leaves ; there was 

 Furcrma gigantea, worthy of its name, and huge Euphorbias, 

 while Lemon-grass {Andropogon) was used as an edging to the 

 beds. Of bulbs there were IlippeastriLm cquestre and the beau- 

 tiful white H. solandrifiorum ; Crinum gigantetim, C. eruhesce7is, 

 C. caribbeum, and C. Commelyna, and Hi/mcnocallis guiancnsis 

 — the last two growing wild in profusion at the water-side. 

 Among orchids were grown, either tied to the trees, or hanging 

 in baskets, or rooted in the ground, the pretty, small-flowered 

 lonopsis pannicidata ; Calanthe veratrifolia (with fine white 

 spike) ; Peristeria pejidida ; Lcelia autumnalis ; Epidendron 

 fragrans ; Oncidium altissimum and 0. lanceolatum ; a magni- 

 ficent tuft of a native Sobrcdia, perhaps S. liliastrum, flowering 

 splendidly, and Epidendron Schomburgkii from Eoraima. Of 

 creepers, Ipomxa Lccrii, Bignonia magnijica, TMinbergia, and 

 Japanese Honeysuckle rambled gaily on the outskirts of the 

 garden, wliile here and there stood specimens of the Areca 

 palm, the Sago palm, African Oil palm, and Latania bor- 

 honica, in addition to a great variety of native palms. I 

 should not omit to mention a curious and interesting speci- 

 men of Biiga guianensis, nor (though it did not form part of 

 the garden) a magnificent clump of bamboos by the river-side. 

 No vegetables were grown, but one portion of the space was 

 allotted to pine-apples. I do not pretend to exhaust the 

 charms of this favoured spot, which it was all the more re- 

 markable to find existing there, as very few white men ever 

 had an opportunity of visiting it. It was not a garden kept 

 for show, but solely for the owner's own delight. A few lied 

 Indians were his only gardeners. I have carried back with 

 me from South America no more delightful memories than 

 of the days I spent in it. 



Lid of Individual Trees, &c., in addifAon to General Views, 

 shovm by means of Lantern Slides. 

 (1) Euterpe edulis ; (2) Mauritia flexuosa ; (3) Oreodoxa 

 oleracea ; (4) Astrocaryum tacuma ; (5) A. tacumoides ; (6) 



