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of the flowers are setting fruit, and it is hoped that these 
will mature and produce the pods from which the chocolate 
beans of commerce are procured. These have been prcduced 
a number of times by this or other trees in the Garden collection. 
About a year ago reference, with an illustration, was made 
in this JOURNAL to a desirable autumn-flowering shrub, Clero- 
dendron serotinum. This is again in flower, and with its creamy 
corolla and old-rose or claret calyx is a striking shrub, and one 
much out of the ordinary. 
Meteorology for August-——Total precipitation for the mcnth 
1.17 inches. Maximum temperatures recorded, on the 7th, 90°; 
on the 11th, 87.5°; on the 20th, 86.5°; on the 25th, 88°. Mini- 
mum temperatures recorded, on the 6th, 58°; on the 1oth, 62°; 
on the 14th, 58°; on the 21st, 53.5°, and on the 27th, 49°. 
Heaviest shower occurred on the morning of the roth, when 
55 of an inch fell. 
