59 
In taste, colour and appearance it does not differ much from the 
vegetable marrow. After that we agree to facilitate re etica by 
a walk through the garden. As far as I know, and from what I 
deve seen hone is not much in Sierra Leone as regards e ie n 
was surprised to find such a beautiful one as Willey 
What captivates the attention of an European vistor. is to find 
there in flower the ma ority of our favourite garden plants such 
as dahlias, roses, cannas, zinnias, fuchsias, besides African species: 
aas, coffeas, Cocos nucifera, Q arica, &e., and also the favourites 
our continental glasshou Allam anda, Bougainvillea, 
Fuss ellia juncea, Tecoma seated "Thunbergia erecta, Poinsettia, 
La ntana, Aah ypha, Croton, — Here is a list of plants I saw in 
flower in the Botanic Garden ; Iam taking them as they occur 
in my pocket book : Tabernemontana coronaria, Pancratium ? 
Ipomeea deae Salvia coccinea, Solanum Melongena, 
nea rosea and V. ros “i Sonn Datura suaveolens, 
D. ehlorantha, Tripátient. Jasminum Sam we Pte orrida, 
Meyenia erecta, Ixora Fraseri, Acacia fa P a, Amaranthus 
necs ones). Acacia Catechu, Clitoria irnal Aristolochia 
elegans, Capsicum annuum Biza Pa Barleria (the 
same as I had in 17a, at t Kew, fl. blue) Bryophyllum 
calycinum, Ixora maxima, Hibiscus api oe Gloriosa superba, 
hevetia neriifolia, Hippeastrum equestre, Melia sempervirens, 
Acidanthera cwquinoc jipet A Hendersoni and A. 
neriifolia, Alstonia macrophylla, Clerodendron fallax, Abroma 
augusta, Begonia sp., any E t of Cassias (florida, Fistula, 
alata, occidentalis, glauca, alba), Sesbania grandiflora, Poinsettia 
pulcher rima, Nerium Oleander (splendid), Spathodea campanu 
lata, Psoralea pinnata, Petiveria alliacea, Bauhinia megalandra, 
. variegata, mm a roses, Cesalpinia "pulcherrima, Plumbago 
capensis alba. the tank : Nymphaa Lotus and N. stellata. 
ere is a est a Lantana with spines (horrida M. a species 
Irom the Cape, which makes a pretty inae about one or two feet 
high and covered with flowers. I saw also eel: Sranda 
specimens of the Cashew-nut trees vom fic ad occidentale) giving 
plenty of shade and at the base of which Willey has established a 
ernery composed of wild species. A few orchids are also placed 
on the trees. I noticed also a tree about 65 feet high, covered with 
bright scarlet flowers A oder e ur Amongst other 
really — trees in the gard ere the rain tree dept 
Saman), Melia Azadirachta, "it ibt specimens of Adanson 
digitata, 2 rina regia, Achras Sapota, the Jack-fruit CAPE- 
carpus integrifolia ; in fact, it was a fine lesson to me, that visit to 
in 
interplanting of banana trees or by roof of dried palm leaves, 
about three feet from the ground. I saw there many of the Kew 
seeds given to Mr. Willey on his last return germinating freely, 
also thousands and thousands of Kickxia africana, and at least 
20,000 Coffea liberica. What a beautiful tree is the Sierra Leone 
coffee (Coffea stenophylla), with its bushy appearance, small lea 
and pretty berries. Mhar showed me a plant of Manihot Glaziovii 
which had been sown twenty months ago, and has reached in 
such a short time tuens feet in height ; whata very great amount 
of rain does that colony get. Along the beautiful walks laid out 
