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with smooth, grey bark scaling like that of leaf during the dry, cold season, though largest indigenous tree in the island and 



a Plane, and attaining 40 feet by 5 feet, completely dormant 



during 



the rainy very common in the streets. 



and Caesalpinia vernalis, with large, bean- season, at the end of which (in October) 



like seeds, which I have sent to Kew. it produces its flowers. This may be the 



Camellia hongkongensis and Gordonia reason why it fails to bloom in cultivation, 



anomala were next to Rhodoleia, the two and I shall try to imitate the conditions 



most beautiful shrubs in these woods, and in England when I return, 

 the Gordonia is well worth trying in Corn- Mr. Wallace, of Amoy, showed me in his 



wall. In the shade of these trees and garden what he believes to be a natural 



many others grew two species of Pan- hybrid between Lycoris aurea and L. 



danus, two or three Rattan Palms, Melo- radiata, which flourishes under similar 



dinus monogynus, a climber with large, conditions. On some of the grassy slopes 



Orange-like fruit; Raphiolepis indica, near the Peak of Hong Kong there grows which, 15~ years after ■planting, bas~a£ 



Ilex pubescens, Camellia salicifolia, in small numbers a variety of Lilium tained to over 40 feet in height ina climate 



Alpinia nutans, one of the most beautiful Brownii, which I sought in vain, but which remarkably unlike that of its native coun- 



and common plants on the island ; at least Mr. Tutcher will try to procure for me. try— the arid region of Southern Califor- 



Eucalyptus tereticornis is the largest in- 

 troduced tree that I saw in the gardens, 

 but as a rule Eucalpti do not thrive here. 



Taxodium distichum grows to a good 

 size, but has quite lost its proper habit, 

 and does not produce fruit here ; on its 

 branches Loranthus chinensis, the native 

 Mistloto, was growing. Among the Palms, 

 of which many species attain a large size, 

 I specially noted Washingtonia filifera, 



FlG. 89. — EPIPHYTIC ORCHIDS AT A BERLIN SHOW. 



(See p. 204). 



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three species of Ardisia, also Zanthoxylum To return to the Botanic Gardens, I nia and New Mexico. Araucaria Bidwillii, 



Henslowia frutescens, noted the following plants :— A very large A. excelsa and A. Cookii grow to a height 



bush of Magnolia fuscata, with small, pur- of 50 feet to 70 feet, but none of them 



plish-brown flowers that scented the air far seemed to be as happy, or to show their 



and 



Avicennia, 

 Reevesia 

 and 



thyrsoidea, Eurya 



japoniea, 



many other species strange to 



m e, but familiar to Mr. Tutcher. 



and wide ; this species should be grown natural habit, so well as in the gardens of 



Many Terrestial Orchids, including the more generally in our plant-houses ; Tut- Portugal, 

 beautiful Habenaria Susannse and H. cheria spectabilis, a very fine species; 



In the shady ravine on the west side of 

 the closely resembling a white Camellia reticu- the gardens I saw many specimens of a 



rhodocheila, are found here in 



rainy season, though mostly rare and lata, unknown as yet in Europe, I believe, 



local ; 6ut I saw no epiphytic Orchids of though seeds have been sent to Key. 





fine tree Fern, Alsophila tomentosa, 



over 30 feet in height; a splendid 



horticultural importance.^Pancratium 7ere- Liquldambar chinensis, a large though ill- specimen of Cycas, with fronds 8 feet to 

 cundum and Lycoris aurea seem to be the shaped tree, whose flowers were in bud, 9 feet long; a tree of Michelia Champaca, 

 best of the native bulbous plants, and I and old capsules still remained, and Ficus which, till its top was blown off by a 

 ^as surprised to find the latter plant in full retusa, the Chinese Banyan tree, the storm, must have been over 90 feet high, 



