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During the year the following plants were received 

 in exchange : — Dalbergia Sissoo, Poinciana regia, Cassia 

 fistula, Divi-Divi, Michelia champaca, Tamarind, Melia 

 azadirachta, Araucaria braziliensis, and Bidwillii ; Mag- 

 nolia purpurea, Banana, 8 varieties ; Apples, 11 varieties ; 

 Litchi, Paraguay Tea, Caesalpinia sappan, Anacardium occi- 

 dentale, Ipomoea jalapa, Passiflora quadrangularis, and a 

 number of other plants of lesser value, also Cochineal insects. 



1866. 



During this year the following amongst other plants were 

 introduced : — Cocculus palmatus, Piper nigrum, Ravenala 

 madagascariensis, Yucca gloriosa, Averrhoa carambola ; Cur- 

 cuma, 4 species or varieties ; Copaifera officinalis, Bambusa 

 Fortunei, Cupressus, 4 species ; Cacti, 17 species ; Dasylirion 

 acrotrichum, Bixa orellena, Cookia punctata, Salisburia adian- 

 tifolia, Lagunaria Pattersoni, Lagerstroemia alba, Catha edulis, 

 Flacourtia Ramontchi, Syzigium jambolana, Achras sapota, 

 Grenipa americana, Quercus filicifolia, and pedunculata ; Theo- 

 phrasta imperialis, Amona cherimolia, Ficus macrophylla, 

 Castanospermum australe. In this year also the " Griant 

 Encephalartos," 15 feet high, which now stands in front of the 

 Jubilee Conservatory was brought from Krantzkloof. 



1867. 



The Annual Meeting was held in January, and the follow- 

 ing new names are added to the list of Committeemen : E. 

 Button, Rev. J. Buchanan, R. Jameson. Later on in the year 

 the Curator visited Mauritius and brought back with him a 

 number of plants including the following: — Croton tiglium, 

 Messua ferrea, Dracaena draco, Spondias dulcis, Durion Zebe- 

 thinus, Barringtonia speciosa, Sandoricum indicum, Cerbera 

 Tanghin, Bassia longifolia, Artocarpus incisa, Hymenaea cour- 

 baril, Butea superba, Averrhoa bilimbi, Panax quinquefolium, 

 &c, &c. 



1868. 



The Curator in his report for this year enumerates the 

 following plants as having been introduced : — Zingiber Zerum- 

 bet, Kaempferia rotunda, Alpinia galanga, Jatropha curcas, 

 Piper cubeba, Canella alba, Myrospermum peruiferum, Rheum 

 palmatum, Convolvulus scammonia, Exogonium purga, Cycas 

 circinalis, Physostigma venenosum, Chrysophyllum cainito, 

 Diospyros ebeneum, Caryota urens. At the election of officers 

 for the year no new names appear on the list, Mr. J. Sanderson 

 still remaining President. 



