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est, and among which may be noted in passing several Cecropias, Qualea 

 speciosa Huber, Voucapoua americana Aubl,. Vatairea guyanensis Aubl., Cra- 

 taeva benthami Eichl., Virola surinamensis Warb., Pachira aquatica Aubl., 

 Quararibea guyanensis Aubl., Matisia paraensis Huber, and Dillenia speciosa. 

 Some of these also eventually attain good size. Pachira produces the well- 

 known enormous pompon-like flowers and is a conspicuous feature along the 

 Amazon. 



Situated in a country long known for its palms the Garden should be ex- 

 pected to possess a fine collection of these regal plants, and it certainly con- 

 tains a magnificent display of them, and is constantly making additions to its 

 collection. Conspicuous among the palms is the graceful and beautiful Assahy 

 (Euterpe oleracea Mart.), and the huge Pupunhas (Guilielma speciosa Mart., 

 and G. microcarpa Huber). Other fine palms are the 



Mirity - - Mauritia flexuosa Mart. 



Yauary Astrocaryum jauary Mart. 



Murumuru - -- -- -- - Astrocaryum murumuru Mart 



Tucuma - -- -- -- -- Astrocaryum tucuma Mart. 



Pataua - -- -- -- -- - Oenocarpus bataua Mart. 



Bacaba-y - -- - Oenocarpus multicaulis Spruce. 



There are also represented many others in the genera Maximiliana, Geo- 

 noma, Chamaedorea, Iriartea, Phytelephas, Bactris, Cocos, Attalea, and Mani- 

 caria. 



In two groups of plants in which Dr. Huber is a noted specialist, viz., the 

 genus Theobroma, and the Amazonian rubber producing plants, the Garden 

 possesses the finest collections in the World. Among the many very interest- 

 ing Theobromas represented are several varieties of Theobroma cacao L. (the 

 Cacao of commerce), T. bicolor Humb. & Ronpl. (Cacao do Peru), T. grandi- 

 florum Schum. (Cupuacu) , T. subincanum Mart. (Cupuahy) , and T. specios- 

 um Willd. (Cacao-y). Dr. Huber calls the Cupuacu the King of Tropical 

 Fruits, and it is certainly altogether aristocratic among fruits. With the 

 Theobroma collection may also be seen the very peculiar related Herrania 

 paraensis Huber, rarely represented in collections, even by herbarium speci- 

 mens. The rubber producing plants of the Amazon fall into six genera: 

 Landolphia, represented by a new Amazonian species — paraensis, just discov- 

 ered by Dr. Huber; Hevea, the genuine Para Rubber, called Seringueira ; 

 Castilloa, called Caucho ; Sapium, called Tapulu, Murupita, Curupita, or Ser- 

 ingarana; Mimusops, called Macaranduba and Maparajuba; and Hancornia, 

 called Mangabeira. In Hevea and Sapium, Dr. Huber has discovered many 

 new species, and most of these are growing in the Garden, as is also the new 

 Landolphia. Besides many of the older species, one may note in the Garden 

 fine specimens of the following of Dr. Huber's new species: Hevea collina, 

 H. cuneata, H. viridis, H. Randiana, Sapium Marmieri, Mimusops amazonica, 

 M. maparajuba, M. paraensis. 



The instant thought to an American botanist or horticulturist visiting this 

 great Garden is this : Why, with such a marvelous flora so near us (not 



