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xceeding in beauty all other plants of the region, in my 
fronds on close inspection, is nae: hopeless. We are to con- 
pene of this Garden. 
al 
steep slopes of a deep valley in the early morning, one may often 
i can h, 
with the flowers of the moon vine, their delicate and delicious 
il 
ee perinmine mee air for mil 
we reac! 
mm oO 
ow 
rom four to six thousand feet, 
we come into a Jegon of pps neat lores and thereis an impres- 
g cou 
try is still prof undls y i abut there are more relatively 
level spots, and tt il 
a i eaione forest of rather large trees. The soil j is HOE: deep 
these mountains, one or more species of Podocarpus, handsome 
trees with Taxus-like leaves. 
When one can gain an abrupt elevation, he can readily make 
out the principal el ts in the forest flora. Perhaps the great- 
d far e hand- 
Their leaves are mostly rich and glossy, often oa 
