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nowhere in Africa are there such magnificent displays of 
colour formed by the conspicuous flowering trees and 
plants. Here, at any rate, no one can maintain that the 
temperate zone can offer anything equal in the way of 
flower-shows. Many of the blossoms also exhale strong 
odours, sometimes very offensive, but also, I am glad to 
Say, In many cases fragrant and delicious. Few perfumes 
are more pleasing than the clove-like smell of the 
Camoensia, or the balmy scent of the Baphias. 
