102 
£ Cinnamon. i te and old:continue-to make the same satisfactory 
progress, 
* Vanilla.—Our plants were cut up for propagation and the resulting 
young plants put out in a sr rna dur: are vemm good 
rogress. Two kinds are in our-collec t 
. " Nutmegs.—This' plant was rind Front I am sorry to 
rain lost. I have, however, made arra to obtain some Mire 
for further trial, as I cannot but think ‘that it it "should do well in certain 
situations, and the fact - dar piene cnet species thrives about 
Palmerston also encourages to per I propose planting a 
quantity of seed of the native species ad to ‘ry and graft the introduced 
plant on the stocks thus obtain 
“ Sorghums and. Millets. een varieties of the former and three of 
the latter are represented in small blocks, and have done very well, the 
broom ` aem used - the manufacture of American brooms, being 
um ri ES -— Three, kinds have been grown for some time and a 
fourth, Ficus elastica, was introduced during the year. Cryptostegia 
deters and a wee Glaziovit (Ceara rubber) free at produced 
soil be i ont in vacant A. a 
pijne sheepoaniins in. small | plots, and have sgain 
Pm ux De ^ic 
* Dhal looks magnificent, aia’ cannot Be à too highly recommended 
for E eod as a stable pulse, 
“The condition of the garden has been well inafiitained dari the 
year, ind, as opportunity offers, shrubs and trees are planted out. 
have, &e. 
is Nicuoras HorTzE, Curator. 
N X His Honour Mr. Justice d 
5 o.2* Government Reside 
,CCCCLVII —DECADES. KEW EN SES. 
PLANTARUM NovARUM IN ird Yit Ree CoxsERVATARUM. 
DECADES XV.—XIX. 
. MI. Vavea megaphylla, Wright [Meliacem]; arbor procera, foltie 
obovato-lanceolatis petiolatis glabris penninerviis nerviis secundariis 
subtus pro | 
eem 
paniculam ramorum forman- 
til e bracteis oblongis, calyce cupulari irregulariter 57-lobate, petalis 
5—7 oblongis con contortis carinatis albis utrinque hirsutis, staminibus 12-16, 
filamentis latis connatis antice prope apices villosis, antheris liberis 
sitchen ovario globoso apice = sec — stylo brevi, stigmate 
vulis in loculo quoque 2 collateralibus 
eee Tamavua, D... Passend, 37. | 
EC prc ai ener re 12 * poll. agns iil Ita 
