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xhausting tree, the fruit of which is practically valueless. I was 
thtteforo glad to see that Mr. Crowther is engaged in propagating 
another shade tree, the one usually used for the aan with which 
to replace his plantains. 
- The other cultivations in are not yet of aidsi impor- 
tance. The rubber looks haere and the great difficulty of dealing 
with rubber, that of extracting the rubber in sufficient quantities to pay 
for the trouble without Jaaa the tree, is not yet a aee A 
solution r. Crowther has a good show of oranges, some of them 
excellent, and several the ta including that from Canary, of bananas, 
but none of them, not even the last named, satisfies a person who has 
the many excellent "kinds of oranges and bananas which are 
common in thé East. ere is pu no — T at all. 
eee es uri. night 
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in Aburi to get a plan of the garden ges en Hehi int 
to know th produee per acre of the different EC and. it will be 
important when it has progressed a little more to know the same of the 
i» the, second place, something more might be done for the flower 
= same Are very syi got out by parcel post, and the only 
e here is very flou E aed A 8election of begonias and other 
ma quiteble for a tropical hill garden, might be asked for from Kew. 
Many kinds of cacti would flower in Aburi profusely... Anything that 
would come out cheap in the form of bulbs would help to sn a show. 
I think too, arrangements could be made for introdueing new varieties 
of fruit. The success, for instance, of the introduced Avocado Pear has 
been wonderful ; there must be many other such introductions possible ; 
new varieties of pine-apples, the Durian of the Straits, and some good 
angoes. The African mango is one of the most loathsome of - 
fruits: of the earth. There is pair of space at Aburi and no objec 
in extending any of the experimental cultivations now in pus farther 
tbh to show that they can be made economieally. Mo n: 
had for 
if not too closely placed. The fruit of both is capable of being utilised ; 
as much, indeed, as if they were planted for the fruit alone. For per- 
manent shade the case is vera A fairly lofty and Pg aes eo 
is then en necessary, su such as species of Erythrina used in T 
entral America, the "Sáxd-Dot^ tree rs va "erepitans) and the Saman 
(Calliandra Saman): 
Tn regard to the small-beaned Tal coffee found in West Africa, 
biu is remarkable as growing at low elevations, almost -2 es level. 
mall sample received at Kew from the ue ae Station at Lagos 
eed "is ovember last at 94s. per cwt. The most generally cultiv ated 
ni EIN, MS elevations is ae the Liberian coffee, 
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