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the Mu88aenda frondosa plants, with their small deep yellow flowers 

 showing strikingly against the pale-yellow, almost white, calycinal leaf. 

 The ett'ect is most uncommon. This leaf, on examination, proves to have 

 an entirely different venation from that of the stem leaves, a fact which 

 the casual observer may probably lose sight of. 



All of us know the common Bat-seed tree (Andira inermis), but 

 nwiy Berbicians fail to recognise in the magnificent specimen near the 

 entrance opposite to All Saints' Scotch Church, a species of Andria. 

 When the tree bursts into bloom it forms a picture that few lovers of 

 Nature will easily forget. Just recently it presented a show of flowers 

 that has never ye t. been surpassed. The pea flowers possess lilac-tinted 

 peals of a particularly soft shade, which form an effective contrast to the 

 flower-stalks. When not in bloom, its liberal foliage of dark green is in 

 itself handsome enough. We have never seen a finer specimen of Andira 

 than this one now growing in the Colony House grounds. Near this 

 giant is Spathodea campanulata, whose reddish-orange coloured bell- 

 shaped flowers claim more than passing attention, when they are on show. 

 This genus belongs to BignqniaceoB, an order well-known for the 

 beauty of its flowers, to which the lovely Jacaranda, now in flower, is 

 by no means an exception. Its blue panicles of flowers are always 

 admired even by the most casual of visitors. At present they are a 

 striking feature. 



At one time, facing the entrance to the old Berbice Cricket Club's 

 grounds, there was a representative of the conifers in the shape of a 

 Norfolk Island pine {Araucaria excelsa), which unfortunately, after 

 leaning at a dangerous angle for many years, fell down when it had 

 reached a height of eighty-six feet, on Good-Friday morning, 1907. This 

 is very much to be regretted, as it was a striking object, and would have 

 been still more so, had it lived to attain the height it is said to reach in 

 its native habitat, namely, 200 feet. But Australia is represented by 

 the melaleucas and Eucalypti which grow readily enough in most parts of 

 British Guiana. 



There ai-e two specimens of the sturdy Cannon-ball tree (Couroupita 

 ijii in nensis) which give evidence of the hardy nature of this wonderful 

 tree. The flowers spring from the trunk and branches and will well repay 

 examination, while the large familiar cannon-ball fruit is wonderfully 

 realistic. It is supposed to be a native of this colony but in all our wan- 

 derings in the "bush" we have never seen it. though another genus of 

 the Lecythidacece, the Monkey Pot (Lecythis ollaria) is fairly common. 



Space has been found for the Long John (Tripla.ris siLrinamensis) so 

 familiar and useful to all wood-cutters, and we are glad to see a hand- 

 some specimen of the Tamarind ( Tainarvndus indica), always a pleasant 

 sight because of its graceful feathery foliage, and its pretty racemes of 

 flowers. 



