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MILLETIA CAFFRA. Umsimbiti. 



Growth rapid, but branches almost from the ground when isolated, and measure- 

 ments are misleading. Exceptionally : No. 1. Planted October, 1886. Girth, 

 18 inches ; height, 12 feet. Mean yearly increase in girth, 6-00 inches. 



ALBIZZIA FASTIQIATA. Flat crown. 



No. 1. Planted 1879. Girth, 36 inches. Mean yearly increase in girth, 3'65 

 inches. 



MIMUSOPS OBOVATA. Bush Milkwood. 



Sample Plot No. 1. Planted October, 1885. Average girth, 

 feet. Mean yearly increase in girth, 0*87 inches. 



inches ; height, 10 



The trees in the plantations were raised from seed and planted the following season, 

 except with Podocarpus elongata, the seed of which takes two years to germinate. 



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