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a of Florida,—The first instalment of Mr. G. V. Nash’s: Florida 
pie te comprising some 700 species, has been purchased. he 
specimens ere. excellent, and were collected in the vicinity of Eustis in 
Lake County. : ti^ adto : 
Castleton Gardens, Jamaica.—The Bulletin of the Botanical Depart- 
ment, Jamaica, for October—December, 1894, contains dM aga 
tps on the plants cultivated in the Botanic Gardens a astleton. 
serves both as a guide to the gardens and iod su useful information on 
the plants otii goa A plan is added, s take where the plants may 
be found, These gardens were established about 30 years ago in a 
picturesque valley in the mountains between OR and Annotto 
Bay. ‘They are 19 miles from Kingston, but, as Mr. Fawcett remarks, 
*the drive there and back more than compensates for the distance." 
The scenery along the. banks of the Wag-water river is probably the 
most rc is and beautiful of any in the island, The elevation is 
580 feet, with an annual mean temperature of 76° Fah. The annual 
rainfall i is about 110 inches 
The chief feature of the "ib en is undoubtedly its fine delinéen of 
These thrive exceedingly well in the moist part of the locality. 
across the garden paths, while others such as Bignonia magnifica, 
species of Bauhinia, Colsdés tis racemosa, Dillenia indsca, Mesua fe 
well supplied. ‘They serve as an excellent centre for the propagation 
and distribution of such plants on the north side of the island, and large 
quantities are also sent to the Hope Gardens and to Kin pem 
The three best known rubber trees, Para-rubber (Hevea 
brasiliensis), Central American rubber (Cas astillo a elastica), and Ceara 
rubber (Manihot Glaziovii) have been E. ed for more than 12 
f se ve 
quantities es of seed are annually distributed in the island. Mr. Fawcett 
a that the export of coffee from Jamaica ought soon to be 
doubl 
West African Mahogany.—An article on West African mahogany 
(Khaya senegalensis) was published i in the Kew — 1890, p. 168. 
several other trees supplied t frican mabogany now in commerce. 
ames 
expo es H 
- “ Chire-ahkama,” and “ Odum.” Odum or Iroko (Kew Bulletin, 1891,) 
is Chlorophora excelsa, Benth. Of the botanical identity of the other 
Habes we have no authentic ‘tiation n. 
