HOPLCAL FRUIT-TREES. 



Ga'rtn.)(') of the Sweet Hay family. Altho 

 prises some fifty species. <I«-critu< I by M 



generally known 



duced into Mauritius h 

 Besides the above nai 

 Avocate, PaltQ, ami V 

 Butter by the English. 

 derived from the fact th;i 

 for the fruit. Jaopiin ( 



are alternate, petiolate 

 broad. The flowers ai 

 branches in cymes or cli 

 the leaves, at least win 

 rianth is composed of si 

 are shorter. Andraecim 

 four series, the innerim. 



green skin, tinged with purple or yellow. The drupe incloses fo 

 a stone or nut with a cartilaginous envelop, containing the m 

 ex-albuminous seed with large fleshy cotyledons. in 



INTERNATIONAL HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION AT FLORENCE. 



eived from Prof. Parlatore the following Ferns and other large specimens 



culars respecting the forthcoming festival: groups of tender and hard] plants i 



will take place in the new Central Market The open space around the prin 



is to be formally opened to the public on at the disposal of exhibitors of tr. 



wrought 



iron, glass and massiv, 



■block: 



J of hewn stone we 



used in 



the construction of this 





railding. 



The ii 



iterior will be transforn 



ied int 



o a conservatory, i 



• 



a stove for orchids in 



bloom , 



and other plants r 



quiring 



a higher temperature. 



Both 



fresh and salt-wat 



1 i 11 



ns will 1)0 constructed, 



and a 



special tank for tl 



Victoria 



regia and other Sgmphocorm, 



i. Large Palms, Tr< 



