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The allc of Royal Palms in the Botanic Garden at Rio. The trees are na- 

 tives of the West Indies, but widely planted for ornament in Brazil. 



according to the gospel of Rngler & Prantl, Bentham & Hooker 

 or the more current gods. Sometimes genera, and often families 

 are widely separated, but as the developed part of the grounds 

 does not exceed fifty acres this is no great hardship. 



A good many of these main radii are fringed by one species 

 of plant. There is, for instance, one devoted to the Jack-fruit 



