
am 
Cassia fistula (purging cassia); 5 plants of Ficus Carica (the Fig) ; 
4 plants of ME 
; chir 
spruceana ; 22 suckers of mA ptg Rothschild arab me 13 ee, 
suckers of Ripley Queen (Pine-apple); 6 plants of Poine : 
: vinifera (Grape vine 
interesting, and that the Pepper vine, which.is growing in great pro-- 
Kr i 
- last, Mr. Morris stated that the Sansevi ieria or L opar ard Lily, a valuable 



- flowers from 12 to 15 inches in len 
3 
Jists of the plants and seeds 
bo hibet. A : 
` pre 
b obi a: the Government Gazette, on the cultivation A a 
Vine at gn Vincent. A. supply of E of the best Eup cole 

. these : 200 (ond were raised. A 1 
m the gni of. the ee 


Calliandra Saman (Bain t tree); 2 plants of Pa 



e); ia 
(Flamboyant) ; 3 plants of eam aisi nda 12. quas ot Vitis " 
“Two parcels of botanical specimens of the undetermined trees in the _ 
old and new gardens have been forwarded to Kew to be determined. 
Mr. Morris writes me: * Catostemma fragrans, Benth. isa very use- © 
* ful tree for distribution to other botanical diutius it is probably not - 
* met with in any other West Indian Island. The fruit was received - 4 
* at Kew for the first time. The following extract is taken from the — 
Treasury of Botany :—‘ Catostemma is a genus of the myrtle family — — 
* (Myrtaceæ), and found in British Guiana. The only species known — 
{C poe is a tree about 50 feet high, The fruit is not known? 
“The next most interesting plant in the collection according to 
Mr. Fali is Pachira spruceana, Dene., which: has large tassel- like 
th 























“ Dr. Nicholls, during his recent visit tv this colony, (aloimed me that 
one species of Pachira is a very € shade and shelter tree for cocoa, 
being used in some places for that dd 
“ Mr. Morris farther states that- Vacohiédi sepes dee should prove 
| Government House, is: ponds with the Piper Betle of | 
n and 1 an : 
“Tn his lecture delivered at the Court ous, on the 27th December 
gths, and inserting the same in sandy soil. About 700 plants have 
“The original plants were ete from Jamaica um plants). and 
Trinidad (6 plants) in July 1 
The collecting of serum onis e using as piant pots, and the 
acing of seedlings in same, is being with. 2 
“I attach listst- Showing the por s of plants E geting May and 
Tan! the h have been pa the Treasü h 
mber of plants for tale at De Lanier with mr prices attac 
received from and forwarded | 

«( (Sige) H Powers, Surat 
a October 1891 the Cantor epared information ahe 
was sent out from — 1890, ees fr 
d pine-apples was despatched it 


c 
m * * Jeones * Plantarum, xn 1986. 
