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to recover itself and produce a flower for a year or more after- 

 wards. This, no doubt, might be obviated by timely removal of 

 the berries as thev set. 



ANONAOBJE. 



Artabotrys. 



A. odoratissimus. A large shrub, native of this country, of 

 scandent tendency, with dense foliage of handsome, lanceolate, 

 glossy, pure-green leaves ; bears, principally in the Kains, mode- 

 rate-sized irregular-formed flowers, very similar to those of the 

 Custard- apple, of a heavy, pale yellow colour, generally hidden 

 out of sight under the leaves, whence they emit agreeable 

 gusts of perfume, somewhat like that of over-ripe Apples : very 

 ornamental when covered with its small, golden, pear-like 

 fruit. 



DILLENIACE^. 



Dillenia. 



D. speciosa. Chulta. A large and very common tree of this 

 country, remarkably handsome for its foliage of noble, pointed, 

 elliptical leaves ; bears, in July, very large, pure-white, fragrant 

 flowers, with yellow anthers : very ornamental likewise in the 

 Cold weather, when bearing in abundance its large, round, green 

 fruits, of the size nearly of a child's head. 



Delima. 



D. sarmentosa. A scandent coarse-looking shrub, with leaves 

 like those of the last ; bears loose panicles of small, yellow, very 

 fragrant flowers. 



RANUNCULACEJE. 



Clematis. 



Several species of this extensive genus of beautiful-flowered 

 climbing plants have been introduced, but have for the most 



