137 
In the measured dry stem, or nt already mentioned, a 
woodpecker had chiselled a hole 13 in. eme ad at a height of 
8 ft. 9 in. from the ground in order hake 
The trunks are usually quite Hrag "Vut and Sonst drekly out 
of the vertical. The pistillate plants appear to be the more 
robust, their lower limbs or branches sustain the weight of a 
heavy : man climbing up into them. Their bases, and the pd of 
their limbs, are dark crimson in colour; the leaves in spring a 
summer are abundant, shining, and of a rich green, So ten demens 
the plant is rather coarse it has much the same effect, in the case 
of a well-grown individual, as a umm of the smaller ee 
The Aecnida makes most of its growth from May to August, 
ripening its fruit variously in egg and October, Eos 
writer has pleasure in forwarding with this communication some 
fruiting shoots of the largest specimen, exhibiting its Bee and 
seeds, of which, in consideration of s — interest as they may 
possess, he begs your EE for KS» 
Early last spring he sowed seeds of various Amaranths with 
Solourod foliage Mino voting plants of Acnida, hoping thus 
probably sig aay rs in the new edition of his Flora. There ar 
most likely two species attaining unusual size, the other adem 
interrupted flower-spikes, while in the case of that particularly 
noted they are very close or cylindrica cal. 
The writer is interested in inquiring as to some of the annuals 
u be greatly obliged for whatever information may 
any suitable or convenient opportunity, imparted on the sr 
eis, 3 course, familiar with our taller American annuals an 
with those of similar character already introduced into cultivation 
elsewhere ; and asking your indulgence for the length of this 
remains, 
Your obedient servant, 
igned) CHARLES HENRY BAKER. 
W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, om 5 
Royal Gardens, Kew 
In order to test these statements some of the seed was sown in 
heat at Kew, in February, 1898. The plants raised were put out 
in ordinary garden soil in the open air in June. In October the 
miu plant had attained the following dimensions :—Height, 
10 ft. ; diameter of stem . ee 7 in.; branches near base, 5 ft. 
lois. yi in. diameter ; lea ncluding petiole, me in. long, 3 in. 
M dt > A slight frost then killed. all the eve and the ends of the 
ran 
Uganda Clover.—Mr. aa speed ae e, F.L. es Curator of the 
Botanic Station, Uganda, has se o Kew a supply of seed of 
a clover which Mr. Scott Elliot Tokod tein at Kikuya, at 
5-6,000 ft. It was originally discovered by Sir Harry Johnston 
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