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different names in the eastern. and western parts of the island, which in 
many other re spects also are often b different. ‘There are specimens 
in flower in the set made up for 
Other interesting trees are Cedrola odorata, which, however, you 
know from Jamaica also. The Copaifera hymencifolia, on the other 
hand, I believe, is eee uban. This isa large and valuable timber- 
tree 'of the lowlands ; it is called Cagüeyran, and is much used for 
Liga purposes e pine seems to be the same as the one in San 
I did not obtain an y flow efi of the Cuban speci A 
Miet RANG about the pine is that here it Aie among the ordinary 
woods, and not so much isolated as in San Domingo. 
The sour orange is most common in all woods, apparently indigenous, 
el it is found in what in Cuba is called the monte firme or virgin 
ore 
Phajus ‘tga oe I found also not uncommon along little rivulets 
in the fores 
reads a Zamia was found of which I send you the leaves, as no 
wers ound. The root of this species was often eaten by the 
insurgents dire the war, but only after washing it carefully, as it is 
the flower obtained from it otherwise is — s. It is called 
ka the common Cassava being called Yuc 
Ver ty aene were found in flower. The most common is of 
course fe Oil regia: then there is a gregarious palm, called the 
Palma justa; a Bactris, very Lime the Corrojo CM a füebliaY, the Yarey, 
a goth ana viden Thrinaz, &c. 
very interesting fait was gee from three different trees. 
The i; feet of a lace-bark tree, called Guana ( Lagetta lintearia) ; the 
uacocoa (from Daphnopsis Guacacoa) very white and strong ; and 
finally the ies cbe (from Paritium elatum), the common Cuba bast 
very much used for ropes. This tree grows to an immense size. I have 
seen trunks 18 feet in a send you samples of all three 
kinds for the Kew Museum. Among ferns there were a number cf 
arboreous ones, also Ophi oglossum palmatum, three feet long, hanging 
dad. trees. A Brunfelsia with large blue flowers seems to be a new 
m, &c. 
TUNER O3 
W. T. Thiselton Dyer, CM.G, FR.S, C ] ye 
CXXXIIL—THE SUGAR PRODUCTION OF THE WORLD. 
An extremely able and interesting report on the ** Progress of the 
Sugar Trade,” by Robert Giffen, Esq., LL.D., Assist Secretary, 
Commercial Department, Board of Tr ade, was presented to Parliament 
in May of last year, un issued to the public in the month of June 
following. For an early copy of it this nt was indebted to 
the Board of Trade. The whole document de eserves the most careful 
passages which co dil information in a very condens n the 
production, a ae and, to some extent, distribution ots jogir. 
en no doubt, that by detaching passages from a 
document of this kind a different peche may be produeed to that 
ol e passage E 
duced dal however, with statistical matters of fact, whi au a Sot 
affected whatever view is taken of their significance. 
